Rare Pijnacker Royal Delft Doré Hand Painted Large Commerative Plate - 1960 WIERINGERMEER

The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in red, blue, black, and gold, in the “Adriaan van Pijnacker” Delft Doré tradition, with a crowned coat of arms with two fishes for De Wieringermeer. The rim with rotating panels with stylized flowers and geo-metric figures. Signed on the back in underglaze blue and red for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL  DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & CE  = 1960.  &
Ter nagedachtenis aan ir. A. Ovinge 
dijkgraaf van het heeemraadschap de Wieringermeer 
van 1 januari 1942 – 15 juli 1960. 
(In memory of the “Dyke Earl”of the heme advice council arranging the water levels)
Painter’s initials: GOU = G.J. Oudijk
Employment dates: 1941- 1983

Diam.:  29,3 cm.  (11,5 inches.)
Weight: 736 grams
      
Wieringermeer is a former municipality and a polder in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Since 2012 Wieringermeer has been a part of the new municipality of Hollands Kroon