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: JB = J. Bitter
Employment dates: 1929- 1945
N.B. Chip on the back right
Diam.: 18,5 cm. (7,3 inches.)
Weight: 218 grams