The tin glazed earthenware charger decorated in shades of blue on the whole plate with Dutch Brown sailing vessels, so called Bomschuiten arriving 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 - ROYALDELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & CO = 1970
Painter: WTH = W.M.G. ten Hacken
Employment dates: 1939 - 1984
Diameter: 34,2 cm. (13,5 inches.)
Weight: 1.223 grams.