Lot 287: f - A large RAM earthenware commemorative wall plate designed by Theodoor Colenbrander, painted by A. Muller 1923

decorated with stylised oranges and border text 'Oranje' amidst stylised floral ornaments in shades of orange, red, yellow, purple, green and blue on a cream ground, on verso with a border in orange, green and blue and text 1898 - september - 1923 stamped and dated factory marks, painted date code, painter's monogram, model no. 25 and edition no. 14/100

diameter 41cm

Cf. exhib. cat. Colenbrander & Ram 1986, p. 70; exhib. cat. collectie Meentwijck, p. 142, fig. 160

This plate was made on the occasion of the 25-year anniversary of the reign of H. M. Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands in an edition of 100, the oranges symbolising the Dutch Royal House of Orange. Other examples are in the collections of a.o. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Hague Municipal Museum and Boymans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam