Large Dutch Blue & White Royal Delft Christmas Plate – KERSTMIS 1973. Alkmaar – De Waag

The center of the tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with a winter landscape with the Waag, the Weighing Office, in Alkmaar, the famous cheese-town with his cheese market on Friday.
 The rim with stylized flowers
Designed by Marcelius de Bruijn
Signed on the bottom in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES  -  ROYAL DELFT
DELFT  -  HOLLAND  &  CT = 1974
            350 / 1500
Painter’s initials: JBO = J. Boot
Employment dates: 1950 – 1994

Diameter: 25,5 cm. (10 inches.)       
Weight: 601 grams.