The center of the tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in blue with a man sowing the fields. The rim with stylized motifs and the text:
HOUD GOEDEN MOED. 1925 (Keep good heart.)
Only 460 plates were produced.
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & AU = 1925
Two painters worked on this plate:
Painter: JV = Johannes van Velzen.
Employment dates: 1 Nov.1886 – 1938 and
Painter: AG = Andreas Petrus Guerrain.
Employment dates: June 6th 1887 - 1938
Literature :
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 143 - Fig. 11 - 66