The tin glazed plaque decorated in multi colours with the English Church on The Begijnhof in Amsterdam. After an engraving from circa 1765. Surrrounded with a rim decorated in colours with scrolled foliage. Only 75 items were made for Focke & Meltzer on the Spui /Kalverstraat in Amsterdam (F.&.M)
Signed on the back in underglaze blue with:
BEGIJNHOF AMSTERDAM
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND - Anno 1975
F & M Monumentenjaar 1975 5 / 75
Painter’s signature: MKR = Martinus C. Krieger. Painter & Designer.
Employment dates 1955 - present (= in 2003)
Hoogte: 42 cm.
Brredte: 37 cm.
De Engelse Kerk
Op 5 februari 2007 was het 400 jaar jubileum, met de koninginnen Beatrix & Elisabeth II, van de oudste Engelse Kerk buiten het Verenigd Koninkrijk.