5pc Collection of Holland-America Line Ceramic Trinket Dishes and Ashtray

Collection of five Dutch earthenware and porcelain maritime commemorative items featuring vessels of the Holland-America Line. A rectangular earthenware tray with scalloped edges is decorated in blue and white with the S.S. Nieuw-Amsterdam, marked on the reverse with hand-painted blue characters reading "Delft Blue, Zenith, and Made in Holland", accompanied by an illegible script mark. A circular cabinet plate commemorates the September 1959 maiden voyage of the S.S. Rotterdam, inscribed Holland - Amerika Lijn and Maidentrip Rotterdam Sept. 1959, with a blue hand-painted backstamp reading "11Q, Zenith, Gouda, and W." A square earthenware ashtray features a crowned crest for the Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd and floral corner sprigs, marked on the reverse in blue script reading "Delfts and Holland." A small circular porcelain dish depicts a black transfer-printed ship profile titled Rotterdam 1959, bearing a single blue script character on the reverse resembling a stylized F. A circular earthenware plate displays a polychrome transfer scene of the S.S. Rotterdam, with a printed green and black backstamp reading "Holland-America Line, s.s. Rotterdam, 38,621 gross tons, and Royal Goedewaagen Gouda Holland." Dimensions: 5.75"W x 0.75"H Provenance: Museum of Miami Collection, known for its extensive archives, manuscripts, and visual materials documenting the region's history. Weight: 1.14 lbs Condition Request Condition Report Good - chips on ashtray rim

Estimate:£15.1

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