Rare Antique Royal Delft Commemorative Plate The Mayflower & The Pilgrim Fathers - 1920.

The tin glazed earthenware plate commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Pilgrim Fathers. Decorated in shades of blue with the sailing vessel THE MAYFLOWER * 1620* as written in the banderol on the ship above the Dutch text:
NEDERLANDSCHE PILGRIMFATHERS *HERDENKING* (commemoration.) 1620 - 1920 and the coat of arms of: Leiden, Amsterdam & Delftshaven. The rim with stylized leaves and flowers and the English text:
    “If We Ever Make Plantation.”
"God Works a Miracle - Robert Cushman”
The Pilgrim fathers are the founding fathers of the U.S.A. (Massachusetts)
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES  -  ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND &  AQ  = 1921
Painter: JV = Johannes Dominius van Velzen.
Employment dates: Nov. 1st 1886 - 1938
Only 627 plates were produced.
Literature:
Rick Erickson - Royal Delft. This item is shown on Page 132 Fig. 11 - 34.

Diam.:   26 cm. (10,2inches.)
Weight: 791 grams.