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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 304266, member: 2844&quot;]The plate is by Société Céramique, competitors of Petrus Regout. I think it dates from the early 20th century.</p><p>The design was around before either Société Céramique or Regout. It is commonly called Boerenbont, peasant or farmer&#039;s gaudy. </p><p>The name of the factory was in French, because parts of that province, Limburg, of The Netherlands have a long French language tradition. My grandmother was from there and her first language was French.</p><p>Boerenbont was exported to Indonesia, and no doubt found its way from there to Malaysia.</p><p>Boerenbont in colonial Indonesia:</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_De_vrouw_van_de_gudang_mandur_een_soort_marktopzichter_drinkt_thee_uit_Boerenbont-servies_TMnr_10005314.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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