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

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: JV = Johannes D. van Velzen.
Employment dates: 1 Nov. 1886 - 1938.
Literature:
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 136 - Fig. 11 -41. Some 1670 plates were produced.

Diam.:  18,2 cm.  (7,2 inches.)

Gewicht: 289 gram.