The center of the tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with two men discussing in a Dutch cloudy landscape with two windmills and in the top the text: Zou ’t Klaren ? (Will it clear up ?) & Under the date 1917. The rim with the patriotic Apples of Orange. (Royal family.)
Designed by Leon Senf
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND ANNO. 1917
Painter: HB = Hendrik Christiaan Bottelier.
Employment dates: 1880 - 1924.
Literature:
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 136 - Fig. 11 - 42
Some 2160 plates were produced.
Diam.: 17,8 cm. (7 inches.)
Weight: 274 grams