Rare Set of Two Large Dutch “Famille Noir” Black Royal Delft Hand Painted Plates - 1979

The two large tin glazed earthenware plates decorated in colours on a black base with a flowerpot with flowering plants and surrounded with rotating flowers. 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. Both signed on the back in underglaze black with: 
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND  &  CY   = 1979
Painter’s initials:  NDG   = Nico de Graaf.
Employment dates:  1963 - 2006

Diam.:   29,2 cm.  (11,5 inches.)
Weight: 756 & 831 Grams.