Dutch Blue & White Royal Delft Crisis / War Plate - 1939. Almighty's Eye


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The center of the tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in blue with a Dutch brown sailing vessel in stormy water on sea. In the cloud the Almighty’s Eye & 1939. In the rim two leaves with the Apples of Orange and the text:
MIJN SCHILD EN DE BETROUWEN
ZIJT GIJ, O GOD MIJN HEER.

My schield and the trust - Are You O God my Lord. (Start 2th World.War.) (Text from the sixth couplet of “Het Wilhemus”, the national hymn.)
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND  &  BI = 1939  
  
          
Painter’s intials: HW  = H.J.A. Weinberg
Employment dates: 1938 - 1973
Literature:
Siumular crisis plates are shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 142 - 143. 

Diam.:  18,2 cm.  (7.2 inches.)
Weight: 232 grams 


Material
Hand Painted Earthenware
Reference
M.2559
Price
Price on request
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