Antiek De Porceleyne Fles W.O.1 Oorlogsbord, BLIJFT WAAKZAAM - 1916.

The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with the standing Dutch Lion in the fence and the text:
BLIJFT WAAKZAAM (Remain alert) & under the date 1916 The rim with the orange coloured 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 1916
Painter: VHD = Jacobus B.J. van de Horst.
Employment dates: July 1883 - March 1918.
Literature:
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 136 - Fig. 11 -41. Some 1670 plates were produced.

Diam.:  17,9 cm.  (7,1 inches.)

Weight: 285 grams