Rare Dutch Royal Delft RVS Insurance Cloisonné Plate - Johan De Witt - 1938

The Delft majolica cloisonné plate commemorating the centenary of the insurance company R.V.S. Decorated in enamel colours in the center with the portrait of Johan de Witt (1625-1672), said to be the father of actuary methodology. (=A person who compiles and analyzes statistics and uses them to calculate insurance risks and premiums.) Surrounded with the text: 

Johan De Witt. GRONDLEGGER DER LEVENSVEZEKERINGSWETENSCHAP
Marked on the back with the impressed factory mark for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND           ANNO  1938. &
100 – JARIG BESTAAN LEVENSVERZ. MIJ 
R.V.S.
 ROTTERDAM 1838  24 SEPT.  1938
Painter’s initials J.G.
Design:  Jaap Gidding
Literature:
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 223 - Fig. 15 - 81

Diam.: 26,3 cm.   (10,4 inches.)

Weight: 916 grams.