Large Dutch Blue & White Royal Delft Hand Painted Christmas Plate - KERSTMIS 1921

The large tin glazed earthenware Christmas plate decorated in shades of blue in the center  with a shipper steering his canal boat, with the door open to the cabin, showing the Christmas magic with a small Christmas tree with candles and  his wife and small child. The rim decorated with stylized pine needles and geo-metric figures and the text: KERSTMIS 1921
Designed by A. le Comte
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES   -   ROYAL DELFT
DELFT – HOLLAND - AQ  =   1921
Painter’s initials: JL = Jan Willem Lispet.
Employment dates:  August 9th, 1887 - 1938

Diam.:  25,4 cm.  (10 inches.)      
Weight: 709 grams.