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ABOUT THE PROJECT

This project comes from my habit to check out people's kitchen cabinets, always looking for interesting or special ceramic objects. Some time ago I visited my friend Loeke, and she has the most wonderful old French kitchen set displayed on a shelf in her kitchen. I could not help myself and took a picture. That night I posted the first Kitchen Shelf Picture on my weblog... I look forward to many entries, dear stories, lots of information and many Kitchen Shelf Friends!

How it works: Send me an email at kitchenshelf@keramiek-centrum.nl and tell me the story and send one or more pictures. I am really keen on a picture of the stamp or factory logo on the bottom of the piece. Which makes it possible to investigate the origin, to learn more about the maker etc.
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THE KITCHEN SHELVES:

april 13, 2011

New on Willemien's kitchen shelf

Dit is het bordje van mijn oom Jan. Hij is alleen nooit oom geweest, 
want hij is maar vier jaar geworden. Rennend uit school is hij onder 
een paard en wagen gekomen en aan zijn verwondingen overleden. 
Dat was in 1927.
This plate belonged to my uncle Jan. He never really was my uncle, 
because he died at age 4. He just came running out of the school 
when he was run over by a horse carriage and died of his injuries. 
In 1927.







Earthenware, made in the famous earthenware factory in Maastricht, in the south of Holland. The factory no longer exists, but their pieces are still on many Dutch 'kitchen shelves'!
This particular decoration (which may very well be designed by Rie Cramer) is also mentioned in Geheugen van Nederland, together with all other decorations they ever used.