Royal Delft Hand Painted Commemorative Plate The Mayflower & The Pilgrim Fathers - 1970. SOLD

The small tin glazed earthenware plate commemorating the 350th anniversary of the Pilgrim Fathers. Decorated in shades of blue with the sailingvessel The Mayflower. In the top written The Pilgrim Fathers  and underTHE MAYFLOWER  1620 - 1970. The rim with stylized leaves and flowers. The Pilgrim fathers are the founding fathers of the U.S.A. (Massachusetts).

Designed  by  De Bruijn.

Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:

DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT

DELFT - HOLLAND  &  CO   =  1970 

Painter’s initials: PBA  =  Paul G. Bartels

Employment dates: 1968 – present (= in 2003.)

Literature:

Rick Erickson - Royal Delft.  This item is shown on Page  134 Fig. 11 - 33.

Diam.:  18  cm. (7,1 inches.)

Weight: 267 grams.