Zeldzame Grote De Porceleyne Fles Landbouw Schotel. Dorsen van Graan. Volhard tot het Einde - 1931

The center of the tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in blue with a man and a woman treshing grain in the barn. In the rim with stylized motifs and flowers the text:
VOLHARD TOT HET EINDE. *  1931 * (Work hard until the end.)
Design by Leon Senf.
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND  &  AZ = 1930
Painter’s initials: AK = Adrianus Koert.
Employment dates: 1888-1914 & 1926-1947
Literature:
This smaller farming plate is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft   Page 144 - Fig. 11 -74 with only the man treshing the grain. 315 plates of the smaller version were produced. (= 24,8 cm / 9,8 inches)    

Diam.:  34,2 cm.  (13,5 inches.)
Weight: 1.444 grams.