Antique Royal Delft Plate 1896. Fishing Boats Scheveningen Beach after H.W. Mesdag

The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue on the whole plate with Dutch Brown sailing vessels, so called Bomschuiten on the beach at Scheveningen (The Haque) after a painting from H.W. Mesdag. Under left: Naar H.W. Mesdag. (Hendrik Willem Mesdag 1831- 1915.)
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND  &  R = 1896
Painter: VB = Willem Frederik van Baarsel
Employment dates: 1893 - 1948.
Impressed mark: Joost Thooft & La Bouchere in a circle

Diameter: 23 cm. (9,1 inches.)       
Weight:  554 grams.