The center of the tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with a steam locomotive stranded in the snow, marking the severity
of the winter of the beginning of 1940 & the date 1940 . In the rim the text:
DAT MEN NIET REISDE PER AUTO OF SPOOR
DAAR ZORGDE DE WINTER VAN ’40 WEL VOOR
(That people didn’t travel by car or train there for took care the winter of ‘40)
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT – HOLLAND – BJ = 1940
Painter: JS = J ean Henri Schuilenburg
Employment dates: 17 June 1895 - 1948
Literature:
This item is shown in - Royal Delft a guide to the Porceleyne Fles by Rick Erickson Page 134 - Fig.11-29
Diam.: 17,8 cm. 7 inches.)
Weight: 232 grams.