In the center an Orange tree in a tub and a 4 letters next to it ‘V V O R’. They stand for VIVA or Vi Vat ORANJE and they first appears on orangist ceramics around 1670-1680. The original dishes from Delft have a dating around 1750-1780 and were produced in support of Prince William IV (1711-1751). At the birth of Princess Juliana on April 30, 1909, this plate was copied by the Plateelbakkerij Zuid-Holland. For further information on this subject see D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Orange on earthenware, from William the Silent to Queen Beatrix, Lochem, 1994.

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