Delft KLM Miniature 02

Delft KLM – 2
Restaurant d’Vijff Vlieghen 
What is now called the Spuistraat used to be the Nieuwezijds Achterburgwal. The canal was filled in 1867. Spuistraat 294 is a small, simple house with a stepped gable. The year it was built, 1627, can be seen on the facade in the form of 4 wall anchors. On top of the facade is a lion with a coat of arms. Jan Janszoon Vijfvliegen was the man who commissioned the construction of the house. Today Spuistraat 294 houses part of a famous restaurant, d’Vijff Vlieghen, which is often visited by Dutch and international stars
Height 8cm
Excellent condition still sealed

From 1952 these houses were given to passengers on board of every and all KLM Intercontinental flights in the businessclass. Each passenger baby or grown up, paying or non paying one house. These original Delft Blue miniature houses are real copies of the gable houses alongside the canals in Amsterdam and from time to time for a change also from other historical towns in Holland.