Dutch Blue & White Royal Delft Royal Commemorative Charger. 40 Years Queen Wilhelmina. 1898 - 1938

The center of the tin glazed earthenware charger decorated in shades of blue with a flowerbasket with flowering plants and dated on the front:
6 September 1898 – 1934, commemorating 40 years Queen Wilhelmina, surrounded with the text:
Wilhelmina Koningin   * Je maintiendrai.
The border with floral motifs and rotating panels with symbols.
A Pelican pierces her breast with her beak, reviving her children below with her blood, the symbol for Caritas.
A Beehive with flying bees.
A Caduceus staff  with Minerva head
A Paint Palette and a wooden hammer for a stone cutter
The Holy Bible on a cross 
With Orange coloured edge. Symbol for the Royal Family of Orange
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES   -   ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND  &  BH = 1938
                          Nö 172
Painter: JB  =  Jurrien Adrianus Burghoorn
Employment dates: Oct. 17th 1892 - 1949
Employment dates: 1920-1958.

NB. Two chips on the rim. Under = repainted

Diam.:  36,2 cm  (14,3 inches.)
Weight: 1.364 grams