Grote De Porceleyne Fles Blauw Wit Delftse Pul met Landschap. 1653 - 1953. VERKOCHT

The large tin glazed earthenware lidded jar decorated in shades of blue with a Dutch romantic river landscape in a cartouche surrounded with flowering peonies. The domed cover decorated en suite with flowering peonies and with a sitting lion, looking forward, as finial.
Signed on the bottom in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES -  OYAL DELFT 
     DELFT - HOLLAND & 1653 - 1953
      300 Years anniversary of De Porceleyne Fles.
Painter: JD = Johannes Th. Dessens
Inside cover also signed also  JD
Employment dates 1939 - 1983
Literature:
Comparable item is shown in - Royal Delft a guide to the Porceleyne Fles by Rick Erickson Page 61 - Fig. 07-02

Height: 47,5 cm. (18,7 inches.)    
Weight: 4.136 grams