The tin glazed earthenware charger decorated in shades of blue with a Dutch brown sailing vessel with a couple and their dog standing on front of the ship. In the clouds a banderol with the text:
VAART WEL EN VOOR DE WIND. Sail well (good luck) and for the wind. Under the Text:
Door saan te overleggen n ’t goede woord te zeggen Vaart men altijd wel. 1903 * 1 November * 1928 ’s Gravenhage (The Haque)
(By consulting together. And say the right word. One always sails well.)
The rim decorated with floral motifs.
Literature:
This marriage plate is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft on Page 147 Fig. 11 – 85.
“The ship of community setting out on the unknown seas of life.”
Signed on the bottom in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & AX = 1928
Painter: VL = Jan van Lijnschooten
Employment dates: 16 Sept. 1889 - 1935
Diameter: 34,5 cm. (13,6 inches.)
Weight: 1.283 gram.