The center of the tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in blue with a man sowing on the field. In the rim with stylized motifs and the text:
*DE HAND MOET UIT DE MOUW & under *1928* (The hand must come out f the sleeve.)
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & AX = 1928
Two painters worked on this plate:
Painter’s initials: JV = Johannes Dominicus van Velzen
Employment dates: 1 Nov. 1886 – 1938
Painter : AG = Andreas Petrus Guerrain
Employment dates: June 6th 1887 - 1938
Literature:
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 144 - Fig. 11 -71
Only 410 plates were produced.
Diam.: 25 cm. (9,9 inches.)
Weight: 621 grams.