The rectangular tin glazed earthenware plaque decorated in shades of blue with a view of the city Delft with the Nieuwe Kerk and the tower of the Oude Kerk, surrounded with floral and geometric motifs.Under centre: DELFT.
Model = Applique No.5 XII 11
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & W = 1901
Painter’s initials: AG = Andreas Petrus Guerrain
Employment dates: June 6th 1887 - 1938
Impressed mark: Joost Thooft & La Bouchere in a circle.
N.B. Corner under left restored.
Literature:
This item shown in : Royal Delft a guide to the Porceleyne Fles by Rick Erickson on page 184 Fig. 13- 19 with rarity 3. Original price = $ 350,--
Hoogtet: 16,8 cm. (6,7 inches.)
Breedte: 12,8 cm. (5 inches.)
Gerwicht: 302 grams.