Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6725095
Area
Ceramics
Title
Sierbord - "R.V.S. 1 Juli 1929" - De Porceleyne Fles
Tableware / series
Model
Decoration
Designer
Number
CK236W
Colour
Year
1929
Dimensions
Details

Issued by the Rotterdam Insurance Company on the occasion of the 300 million guilders insured amount. With the theme 'Statendam The Netherlands' largest steamship in the port of Rotterdam'. Year: 1929 Maker: De Porceleyne Fles Diameter: 21.1 cm Details: The Statendam III is depicted on the board. On April 4, 1929, the ship was handed over to the HAL during the official sea trials. There were more than 300 guests on board, including HRH Prince Hendrik, seven ministers of the first cabinet De Geer and mayor Patijn of Rotterdam. The maiden voyage took place on April 11, 1929, to New York. The sign is special because it was issued on the occasion of the insurance of the ship by the RVS. RVS Verzekeringen was a Dutch insurance company that operated under that name from 1838 to 2011, now part of Nationale-Nederlanden. For most of the 19th century, the RVS was located at Westerstraat 3 in Rotterdam. In the early 1990s, the RVS moved into the new building of Nationale Nederlanden (Delftse Poort), in the smaller of the two towers. In 1995, after the merger with Victoria Vesta, most of the staff moved to the Victoria Vesta building in Ede, a stone's throw from my home. The buildings on Westerstraat had to make way for the construction of the Erasmus Bridge. The plate was made by De Porceleyne Fles in Delft. That can be seen in the brand. De Porceleyne Fles was founded in 1653 in Delft. Each object is hand-painted and has a mark on the bottom – a pharmacy bottle with the initials JT, Joost Thooft, owner of the company in 1876, intertwined below the bottle. Below the bottle is the word Delft with a curly capital D.

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