De Porceleyne Fles Landbouw Bord Ploegen. In den Aanvang is de Daad - 1927

The center of the tin glazed earthenware farming plate decorated in blue with a man plowing the field with two horses. In the rim with stylized motifs and the text:
*IN DEN AANVANG IS DE DAAD.* & under *1927 * (In the beginning is the deed.)
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES  -  ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND  &  AW = 1927
Two painters worked on this plate:
Painter’s initials: VP  = Petrus Franciscus Vreeswijk

Employment dates: 1885 - 1934     
Painter’s initials: AG = Andreas Petrus Guerrain
Employment dates: June 6th, 1887 - 1938       

Literature:
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 144 - Fig. 11 -70
Only 414 plates were produced.

Diam.:   25,2 cm.  (9,9 inches.)

Weight: 572 grams.