Rare Dutch Polychrome Royal Delft Hand Painted Sanders Plate State Gelderland - 1976

The small, rimmed tin glazed earthenware plate is decorated in multi-colours with the coat of arms of the State Gelderland surrounded with floral swags.
Signed on the back in underglaze blue with:                  
               GELDERLAND.         15
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
      DELFT - HOLLAND & CV = 1976
Painter’s initials: JH = J.H. ten Hacken
Employment dates: 1940-1984
and retail sticker FOCKE & MELTZER
Design by Herman J.H. Sanders. 
Master painter and Designer 1948 – 1984
There were only 66 plates – Wapenbordje - made in the Unica – Atelier by Sanders, commissioned by Focke & Meltzer (Shops in Amsterdam & The Haque)
This is Number 15 of 66 plates in polychrome. They were made in blue, (FL 135 guilders), Sepia (FL 175,--) and Polychrome.  (FL 295,--)

Diam.:  15,2 cm. (6 inches.)
Weight: 197 grams.