The tin glazed earthenware oval platter decorated in shades of blue with two Dutch brown sailing vessels and a windmill in a Dutch landscape in a cartouche and
surrounded with stylized flowers & ELB ANNO 1575, (Erven Lucas Bols - Amsterdam Anno 1575. (Heirs), the oldest Genever distilled brand LUCAS BOLS in Amsterdam,
established in Amsterdam in 1575.
Signed on the bottom in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & AA = 1905
Also round impressed mark for JT & L (J. Thooft & Labouchere.)
Painter: PD = Petrus Leonardus Dijkman
Employment dates: 11 April 1882 - 1922
Literature:
This platter is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 204 - Fig.14 -12
Length: 35,5 cm. (14 inches.)
Width: 25 cm. (9,9 inches.)
Weight: 955 grams.