Ultra Rare Delfts Blauw Holland Herring Fisheries Association The Hague Holland Ashtray

"The Fishing Dutchman"

No chips or cracks. Has crazing from original firing process.

Most likely a one of a kind piece specially made for the Holland Herring Fisheries Association.

This maritime ash tray is a piece of Dutch Nautical history. The only other Delfts Holland Herring Fisheries Association piece to surface online is now in a Museum Vlaardingen in the Netherlands.

Dated between 1948-1973 most likely at the upper end of this range as the other piece is a plate commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Holland Herring Fisheries Association.

Diameter: Approx. 7 1/2"

Source of the other piece: http://www.maritiemdigitaal.nl/index.cfm?event=search.getdetail&id=106007917

http://www.museumvlaardingen.nl/