Vintage breakfast plate with an image of Volendam and traditional costumes, Maastricht, 1961-1962

Vintage breakfast plate with an image of Volendam and traditional costumes, Maastricht, 1961-1962. 

White breakfast plate with in blue a picture of figures in Volendam traditional costume, made by Maastricht Pottery.

• Maker: Royal Sphinx
• Subject: Volendam

Description
Breakfast plate with an image of traditional costume. Created by Royal Sphinx Maastricht in the early sixties. This copy concerns a plate with a decoration from the municipality of Volendam, the image of which shows two girls who are busy winding a ball of wool.

This plate originates from a series of six and could be collected by saving the stamps that were given on the package of margarine. The total number of place names from this series consists of six pieces;

• Middelburg
• Nunspeet
• Volendam
• Marken
• Spakenburg
• Staphorst

Condition
Lovely plate and although more than 55 years old, still in a very nice condition. No damage, no cracks.

Dimensions

• Height: 2 cm.
• Diameter: 20.5 cm.

Volendam is a town in North Holland in the Netherlands, in the municipality of Edam-Volendam. The town has about 22,000 inhabitants

Originally, Volendam was the location of the harbor of the nearby Edam, which was situated at the mouth of the IJ bay. In 1357, the inhabitants of Edam dug a shorter canal to the Zuiderzee with its own separate harbor. This removed the need for the original harbor, which was then dammed and used for land reclamation. Farmers and local fishermen settled there, forming the new community of Vollendam, which literally meant something like 'Filled dam'. In the early part of the 20th century, it became something of an artists' retreat, with both Picasso and Renoir spending time here. The majority of the population belongs to the Roman Catholic Church, which is deeply connected to the village culture. Historically, many missionaries and bishops grew up in Volendam. Today there is the chapel of Our Lady of the Water, which is located in a village park.

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