Antiek De Porceleyne Fles W.O.1 Oorlogsbord. DE STORM BREEKT LOS - 1914

The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with a Dutch brown sailing vessel in a Dutch landscape with a windmill in stormy weather and the text:   1 AUG. 1914  (Start of the Great War.) & De storm breekt los. (The storm breaks out.) The rim with the patriotic Apples of Orange.(= Dutch Royal Family.)

Designed by Leon Senf.

Signed on the back in underglaze blue for :

DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT

DELFT - HOLLAND  -  ANNO 1914     

Painter’s initials: VB = Willem Alexander Karel Hendrik Frederik van Baarsel.      

Employment dates: June 30th 1893 - 1944 or 1945. 

Literature:

This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft  Page 136  - Fig. 11 - 39. Some 4910 plates were produced.

Diam.:  18,1 cm.  (7,1  inches.)

Weight : 262 grams.