Dutch Royal Delft Polychrome Cloisonné War Tile. 1944. Hunger Winter 1945. SOLD

The rectangular Delft memorial majolica cloisonné tile decorated in colours with a woman in a room warming food on a stove, commemorating the Hunger Winter
1944 – 1945 with a great lack of food and starving people. With the text:
EER AAN HOLLANDS VROUW VOOR VOLHARDING MOED EN TROUW .1944 WINTER 1945
Honour to the Dutch Woman for constancy, courage, and Faithfull
Marked on the back with the impressed factory mark for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND  - ANNO  1945
Design:  H.J. Tieman,
Employment dates 1938 - 1982

20 x 14,5 cm.   (7,9 x 5,7 inches.)          
Weight: 420 grams