Large Dutch Royal Delft Christmas Plate Amsterdam Montelbaans Tower. KERSTMIS 1967.

The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue in the center with the Montelbaans Tower on the Oude Schans in Amsterdam in the winter with children pulling a sledge on the ice. In the bottom the text Kerstmis 1978 (Christmas.)  The rim with stylized holly leaves and pine branches.
Design by Marcelius de Bruijn.
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES  -  ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND  -  CL  = 1967.
Painter’s initials:  MdB  =  Marcelius de Bruyn
Employment dates: 1946 - 1994

Diam.:  25 cm.  (9,9 inches.)       
Weight: 537 grams.