vintage Delft blue hand painted pottery plate, Life is not easy Life is good motto Libben is net altid

Vintage hand painted Delft pottery plate with Frisian or Dutch motto It libben is net altid - ris meij resinen - Itis ek wol - groat mei krode. (Google helped me here, so if I have the words wrong or misspelled, it's partly the fault of AI!)

This roughly translates to 'life is good, though not always easy'. I think we can all agree, in any and every language! I love this piece so much.

The plate measures 9" in diameter, and has a hole for hanging on the back. There's noticeable glaze crazing and a little discoloration from age, but no chips or cracks.