The center of the tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in blue with a man mowing the field with a scythe and 1939. Surrounded with the text:
DE LANDMAN SPREEKT: “HEM DREIGT GEWIS DE ERGSTE NOOD,
DIE HEEFT NOCH G’LOOF, NOCH DAGELIJKS BROOD”
(The farmer says: He who has never faith nor his daily bread may suffer the greatest catastrophe.) The rim decorated with stylized motifs.
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & BI = 1939
Two painters worked on this plate:
Painter’s initials: VB = Willem Alexander Karel Hendrik Frederik van Baarsel.
Employment dates: 1893 - 1948.
Painter: CF = Casper Schilperoort
Employment dates: 15 Oct. 1894 - 1950
Literature:
Crisis platesare shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Pages 142 & 143. his plate mentioned on page 142.
Diam.: 25,4 cm. (10 inches.)
Weight: 485 grams.