Small Dutch Blue, White & Orange Royal Delft Commemorative Plate 
Birth Princess Beatrix 1938

The small tin glazed earthenware plate commemorating the birth of (crown) princess Beatrix, the first daughter of the crown princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard. Decorated in shades of blue with the crowned horn and an orange-coloured orange as symbol for the Royal Family (Princess of Orange) and the text:
BEATRIX 31 January 1938
The rim decorated with floral and an orange-coloured rim.
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES -  ROYAL  DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND  & BH = 1938
Painter’s initials:    VR  =  Augustinus Eugene Virgile Roggeveen

Employment dates:  1892  - 1945         

Diam.:  18,5 cm.  (7,3 inches.)        
Weight: 255 Grams.