Small Dutch Blue, White & Orange Royal Delft Commemorative Plate. 
Birth Princess Irene 1939

The small tin glazed earthenware plate commemorating the birth of Princess Irene, the second daughter of the Crown Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard. Decorated in shades of blue with in the center a floral bouquet with a banderol with the text:
Prinses Irene 5 Augs 1939
The rim decorated with rotating leaves.
Design by Piet Senf
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES  -  ROYAL  DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND  &   BI = 1939
Painter’s initials: VR = Augustinus Eugene Virgile Roggeveen.
Employment dates:  1892 - 1945.    

Diam.:  18,2 cm.  (7,2 inches.)           
Weight: 213 Grams.