Tichelaar Makkum - Wall plate - Earthenware

Due to the shrinking of my private collection, one very large (35 cm!!!) beautifully painted wall plate from the Faience pottery Tichelaar in Makkum.
The oldest family-owned company in the Netherlands. (since 1689).
The man who started the company called himself Tichelaar (someone who makes tiles).
For the next 300 years the company was always run by a family named Tichelaar.

The plate is very finely painted (time‑consuming!) and has undergone the typical Tichelaar firing process, where the blue color bleeds into the white tin glaze,
This gives a wonderfully glossy effect when illuminated.

Tichelaar now only makes a few plates per year on order.
Tichelaar pottery will surely increase in value when the general public rediscovers it.