Large Dutch Blue, White & Orange Royal Delft Commemorative Plate. 
Birth Princess Irene 1939

The tin glazed rimmed earthenware plate commemorating the birth of princess Irene, the second daughter of the Crown Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard. Decorated in shades of blue within a roundel the Tree of Orange with an orange-coloured Orange, as symbol for the Royal Family (Princess of Orange) and 5 AUGs 1939 and the coat of arms of the Netherlands and the Dutch colonies. Surrounded with the text:

PRINSES IRENE – DE EDEL BOOM LEEFT VOORT IN KRACHT.  (The noble tree lives on in strength.)
The rim decorated with floral swags.
Design by Piet Senf
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES   -   ROYAL  DELFT
 DELFT - HOLLAND  &   BI = 1939
                              Nö 99
Painter’s initials: JB = Jurrien Adrianus Burghoorn
Employment dates: Oct. 17th, 1892 – 1949
Literature:   
This item is shown in - Royal Delft a guide to the Porceleyne Fles by Rick Erickson Page 129 - Fig.11-13. 

Diam.:  29 cm.  (11,4 inches.)
Weight: 763 Grams.