RARE Dutch Royal Delft Polychrome Cloisonné War Tile 1946. Englisht Text: HOLLAND ARISES TO GREATER THINGS

The rectangular Delft majolica cloisonné tile decorated in colours with an Amsterdam canal with the tower of the Wester-church and the skyline of New York with a Skymaster Douglas C 54a, the military version of the DC 4. of Royal Dutch Airlines (K.L.M.) In the bottom a ribbon with the ENGLISH   text:
HOLLAND ARISES TO GREATER THINGS
K.L.M. SPREADS HER WIDER WINGS
(NB. On the Dutch text tiles = NEDERLAND HERRIJST - KLM  BEWIJST – 1946 = Holland Revises, KLM demonstrates.)
Marked on the back with the impressed factory mark for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES  -  ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND - ANNO  1946
Design: H.J. Tieman,
Employment dates 1938 - 1982.

20 x 14,5 cm. (7,9 x 5,7 inches.)

Weight: 422 grams