The center of the tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in blue with a man sowing on the field. In the rim with stylized motifs and the text:
*DE HAND MOET UIT DE MOUW & under *1928* (The hand must come out f the sleeve.)
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & AX = 1928
Two painters worked on this plate:
Painter’s initials: VH = Gijsbertus van Heijenoort
Employment dates: 1891 - 1940.
Painter’s initials: JM = J.C.W. Marijnissen
Employment dates: 1920-1958.
Literature:
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 144 - Fig. 11 -71
Only 410 plates were produced.
Diam.: 25,2 cm. (10 inches.)
Weight: 642 grams.