Dutch Blue & White Royal Delft Plate with the Coat of Arms of the City Haarlem - 1978

The tin glazed rimmed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with in the center the coat of arms of the city Haarlem above a banderol with:
HAARLEM

surrounded with stylized flowers
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES  - ROYAL  DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND  &  CX  =  1978 and 20
Painter’s initials:   JBO  =  J. Boot
Employment dates:  1951 - 1984

Diam.:  15,2 cm.  (6 inches.)

Weight: 132 grams.