Rare Small Blue & White Royal Delft Commemorative War Plate 1938


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The rare small tin glazed earthenware war plate marking the September 1938 Munich Peace Conference to avoid war between Nazi-Germany and the other European countries. The peace expected as the result of the signing of the agreement, was hailed by the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain as "Peace in our Time, but 11 months later Germany invaded Poland. Decorated in shades of blue with a standing sword surrounded by two branches with berries with the dates.
DE VREDE BEWAARD. (The peace kept)
SOLI DEO GLORIA. (To God alone the Glory.)

28 – 29 SEPT. 1938. 
The rim with floral swags
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL  DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND &  BH = 1938

Painter: JS = Jean Henri Schuilenburg 
Employment dates: 17 June 1895 - 1948
Literature:
A large item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 139 Fig. 11-52    
             

Diam.: 18,2 cm.  (7,2 inches.)

Weight: 149 grams.   


Material
Hand Painted Earthenware
Reference
M.2584
Price
Price on request
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