The center of the tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with a Dutch brown sailing vessel sailing out next to the light house in the stormy water of the sea & the date 1934. In the rim the text: * AL BLIJVEN WIND EN ZEE ON STEGEN - VOLHARDING BRENGT ONS TOCH DE ZEGE* ( Wind and weather notwithstanding, perseverance will make us victorious.)
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & BD = 1934
Painter: JB = Jurrien Adrianus Burghoorn
Employment dates: Oct 17th, 1892 - 1949
Literature:
This item is shown in - Royal Delft a guide to the Porceleyne Fles by Rick Erickson Page 143 - Fig.11-68. 800 Plates were produced
Diam.: 18 cm. (7,1 inches.)
Weight: 228 grams.