The tin glazed earthenware bowl on stand decorated in on the outside in colours on a black base with flowering branches and a perched bird of paradise. The inside white. For the 325th Jubilee of Royal Delft in 1978 The black Delft was new introduced. It was based on the “Famille Noir” that was already made in Delft in the late 17th century. A black base decorated with several colours. the so called: The wondrous Black of Delft.
Signed on the bottom in underglaze black for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & CX = 1978
Painter’s initials: NDG = Nico de Graaf.
Employment dates: 1963 - present. (= 2002)
Literature:
This item (Z78301) is shown in: DELFTWARE - History of a national product De Porceleyne Fles Page 143 fig.202.
Diam.: 18 cm. (7,1 inches.)
Height: 9 cm. (3,6 inches.)
Weight: 783 grams.