The center decorated in blue with Dutch brown sailing vessels in stormy water on sea & the date 1935. In the rim the text:
* DE SCHIPPERS LEEREN VAREN,
NIET IN DE STILLE ZEE*
MAAR IN DE FELLE BAREN
Jacob Cats
Captains lean to navigate, not in the silent see, but on the intensively waves
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & BE = 1935
Painter’s initials: VH = Gijsbertus van Heijenoort
Employment dates: 1891- 1941
Diam.: 18,2 cm. (7,3 inches.)
Weight: 234 grams