Dutch Blue & White Royal Delft Hand Painted Plaque Bird and Flowering Peony - 1973

The tin glazed earthenware plaque decorated in shades of blue with a bird sitting on rockwork between flowering peonies.
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & CS  = 1973
Painter’s initials: JDW =  Joop de Wit
Employment dates: 1967 - present
Literature:
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 187 - Fig.13-22 as Model XII 29

Height: 23 cm.  (9,1 inches.)
Width:  30 cm.  (11,8 inches.)      
Weight: 735 grams.