Dutch Blue & White Royal Delft Royal Family Commemorative Plate. Princess Beatrix 18th Birthday - 1956

The tin glazed earthenware plate commemorating the 18th years birthday of Crown Princess Beatrix. The center decorated in shades of blue with the crowned B in the Tree of Orange within the fence with the Apples of Orange and:
1938 - 31 JAN– 1956. 
The rim with leaves and some Apples of Orange. (N.B. Orange = The Royal Family) and the text:
PRINSES BEATRIX - BESCHIJN STEEDS GUL, ORANJEZON, DE TOEKOMST, DIE VANDAAG BEGON
(Shine always Generous Orange Sun, The Future that Started Today.)
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES -  ROYAL DELFT
DELFT – HOLLAND - CA  =  1956 
Painter’s initials: DVR =  D. Vrijland 
Employment dates: 1951 - 1994

Diam.:  23,3 cm.  (9,2 inches.)
Weight: 451 grams.