Dutch Blue & White Royal Delft Hand Painted Octagonal Bonbonnière / Candy Box with Cover - 1977

The tin glazed octagonal earthenware candy box decorated in shades of blue with stylized floweing plants. The cover decorated en suite.
Signed on the bottom in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND  & CW = 1977
Painter’s initials: AAN  = Not identified
Inside cover: also  AAN
Literature:
This item is shown in Royal Delft a guide to the Porceleyne Fles by Rick Erickson Page 163 - Fig. 12 – 22 Bonbonniere D.189

Height: 9,5 cm. (3,7 inches.)
Diam.: 16 cm. (6,3 inches.)
Weight: 640 grams.