Porceleyne Fles - Wandbord "Juliana 1948-1980" - Sold

Delft Blue Wall Plate by De Porceleyne Fles, Abdication of Juliana in 1980 with her personal coat of arms in the middle.
Fully signed with the initials VD.L which stands for the designer H. van der Linden who worked at the Porceleyne Fles from 1955 to 2004
The production number is 18 and the year the plate was made is CZ which stands for the year 1980
The diameter of the wall sign is 23 cm and there is a hanging system on the back to hang the sign on the wall.
The board is in perfect condition
The board is provided with a sticker of, and sold by Focke & Meltzer
Focke & Meltzer was a chic shop selling glass and tableware.
The head office was at Herengracht 93 in Amsterdam.
The company was founded in 1823 by Sebastiaan Meltzer, Frans Focke and Anton Eberhart, all from Bohemia.
It was a grinding factory and crystal warehouse with a branch in the Kalverstraat in Amsterdam.
The gentlemen mainly sold glass and tableware, agate and serpentine stone.
Their clients included noble families such as Trip, Bosch, Van Eeghen, Van Limburg Stirum, Wickevoort Crommelin and Van Vollenhoven.

The Royal Porceleyne Fles
In 1653, the De Porceleyne Fles earthenware factory was founded by David Anthonisz. van der Pieth.
Since then, several takeovers have taken place.
In 1695 Johannes Knotter took over De Porceleyne Fles.
He introduced the small pot as a brand mark.
In 1876 Joost Thooft became the new owner.
He wanted to bring back the tradition of hand-painted Blue Delft.
To this end, he and Abel Labouchère searched for new techniques that resembled the production of harder English pottery.
In 1919, De Porceleyne Fles was awarded the title “Royal”.
The Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles (Royal Delft) is the only seventeenth-century pottery that is still in operation.
From 1876 onwards, all objects were provided with a hallmark: often the monogram JT (Joost Thooft), signatures of the designers, date letters and numbers.