Dutch Blue & White Royal Delft Crisis Plate. Nu weer met Moed de Toekomst Tegemoet - 1937

The center of the tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with a swimming swan cleaning his feathers under tree branches a in a Dutch landscape. The rim decorated under with two stylized flowers and in the top the text:
NU WEER MET MOED, DE TOEKOMST TEGEMOET & below 1937.
(Go to the future with fresh courage) 
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND &  BG = 1937              
Painter’s initials: VB =  Willem Alexander Karel Hendrik van Baarsel
Employment dates: June 30th, 1893 - 1948
Literature:
This crisis plate is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 143 Fig. 11-69. 
Original price $ 150,00

Diam.:  18,2 cm.  (7,2 inches.)
Weight: 232 grams