Antiek De Porceleyne Fles W.O.1 Oorlogsbord - DE DAGERAAD BEGINT TE BLINKEN - Oktober 1918

The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with a landscape and a windmill with dark sky. Dated under in the plate October 1918.  (Almost end of the Great War = 11:11 Nov. 11)
De dageraad begint te blinken - OCT. 1918  (The daylight begins to dawn / appear.) The rim with the blue-coloured patriotic Apples of Orange. (Symbol for the Royal Family – Van Oranje.) 
Designed by Leon Senf.
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL  DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND  - ANNO 1918
Painter’s initials: JL = Jan Willem Lispet.
Employment dates:  Aug. 9th, 1887 - 1938
Literature:
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 137 - Fig. 11 - 44
Some 4250 plates were produced.

Diam.:  18,1 cm.  (7,1 inches.)                    
Weight: 270 grams.