The Delft majolica cloisonné plate commemorating the centenary of the insurance company R.V.S. Decorated in enamel colours in the center with the portrait of Johan de Witt (1625-1672), said to be the father of actuary methodology. (=A person who compiles and analyzes statistics and uses them to calculate insurance risks and premiums.) Surrounded with the text:
Johan De Witt. GRONDLEGGER DER LEVENSVEZEKERINGSWETENSCHAP
Marked on the back with the impressed factory mark for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND ANNO 1938. &
100 – JARIG BESTAAN LEVENSVERZ. MIJ
R.V.S.
ROTTERDAM 1838 24 SEPT. 1938
Painter’s initials J.G.
Design: Jaap Gidding
Literature:
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 223 - Fig. 15 - 81
Diam.: 25,6 cm. (10,1 inches.)
Weight: Ca 900 grams.