The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with the gateway of Enkhuizen, De Dromedaris, with the red-white-blue coloured Dutch flag on the top and:
XXI MEI 1572 * ENKHUIZEN VRIJ * 1922
350 years celebration of independence from Spain.
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
De PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT – HOLLAND ANNO 1922
Painter’s initials: JV = Johannes Dominicus van Velzen
Employment dates: 1st Nov. 1886 - 1938
Diam.: 18 cm. (7,1 inches.)
Weight: 276 grams.