The center of the tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with two men sailing on a Dutch brown sailing vessel toward a harbour. The rim with floral swags in the top the text:
De hand aan't roer, het zeil in top, vol moed en hoop naar't ruime sop
( The hand on the rudder, the sail in top, with courage and hope after the open sea.)
Under: 1934
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & BD = 1934
Two painters worked on this painting on clay:
Painter’s initials: VL = Johannes ( Jan ) van Lijnschooten
Employment dates: 16 Sept. 1889 - 1935
Painter’s initials: AG =Andreas Petrus Guerrain
Employment dates: June 6th 1887 - 1938.
Literature:
This item is shown in in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 145 Fig. 11-76 in the sailing series.
Diam.: 25 cm. (9,8 inches.)
Weight: 462 grams.