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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Oud-Vossemeer Commemorative Plate
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Oud-Vossemeer Commemorative Plate

Artifact IDMO 1951.87.11
Object Type Plate, Commemorative
Maker (Dutch pottery factory, 1920-1996)
Dateca. 1951
Mediumceramic (glazed)
Dimensionsoverall Diam 7 1/2 in x D 1 1/8 in (2.9 cm x 19.1 cm )
Physical DescriptionA blue and white Delft china plate with the crest of the Dutch village Oud-Vossemeer in the center, encircled by a border of flowers.

On the reverse of the plate is the maker's mark for the Oud Delft factory: 519 [maker's mark] / Delft / D.H.
Historical NoteOud-Vossemeer is a village on the island of Tholen in the Netherlands, and where some of both Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's Dutch ancestors originated from. The village is also the location of a 1992 monument honoring the Four Freedoms outlined by Franklin D. Roosevelt in his January 6, 1941 State of the Union Address to Congress as the United State entered into World War II.

This commemorative plate was sent to Eleanor Roosevelt in 1951 by J. J. [Johannes Jan] Versluys, the burgemeester (mayor) of Oud-Vossemeer. Mrs. Roosevelt had visited the village the previous year.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Eleanor Roosevelt in 1951.
Credit LineGift of Eleanor Roosevelt
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesGift Items and Commemorative Artifacts (National Archives Identifier 782690)
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