The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with in the center a flower and surrounded with in the rim stylized leaves and the text:
*Zoo iemand deugd of wysheid heeft*
*Het is Gods goedheid, die ze geeft
(If anyone has virtue or wisdom. It is God's goodness that gives them)
By Willem Bilderdijk 1756 – 1831. ( Dichtwerken deel 7 1857)
Produced during the Second World War.
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & BK = 1941
Painter’s initials: HT = H.J. Tieman
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Employment dates 1938 – 1982, Painter & Designer
Diam.: 18,3 cm. (7,2 inches.)
Weight: 255 grams.