Very Rare “Black Scratch” Royal Delft Hand Painted Ginger Jar with Cover - 1976

The tin glazed earthenware jar with ovoid body decorated in black, in the late 17th century “Famille Noir“ tradition, with flowering prunus
branches in white and yellow using the short - lived Black Scratch techniqu., which is far less common. The flat cover decorated en suite.
Signed on the bottom in underglaze black for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES  -  ROYAL  DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND   &  CV   = 1976
Painter’s initials: JDE  = Johannes Th. Dessens
Employment dates. 1939 - 1986
Also Cover: JDE  ( Painter & Designer)
Literature:
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 228  - Fig.15-101 with 29 models as number 20.

Height: 26 cm.  (10,2 inches.)
Diam.:  25 cm.  (9,9 inches.)                  
Weight: 2.383 Grams