Large Dutch Blue & White Royal Delft Hand Painted Christmas Plate - KERSTMIS 1927

The large tin glazed earthenware Christmas plate decorated in shades of blue in the center with rustic doors open wide to a shepherd and his flock. In the distance a 16th century church stands out against the sky and its snowy surroundings. In the top & bottom the text Kerstmis 1923 (Christmas.) On the border pinecones and sprigs of fir.
Design by Leon Senf,
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES  -  ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND   -   AS = 1923 
Painter’s initials: VB = Willem Alexander Karel Hendrik Frederik van Baarsel.                     
Employment dates: June 30th, 1893 - 1948.

Diam.:  25,1 cm. (10 inches.)      
Weight: 531 grams.