Decorated in the famille rose palette with flowering vine borders in a rich palette, coat of arms of Jacob Rijzik and anna Schippers.
Decorated in the famille rose palette with flowering vine borders in a rich palette, coat of arms of Jacob Rijzik and anna Schippers.
This service is illustrated by David Howard in Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol II, p. 250, no. 163.
The autor notes that only 3 cups and saucers and a plate of this tea and coffee service have survived.
Jacob Rijzik served the VOC Chamber Zeeland as a ship’s captain and was in Canton from the summer 1756 to the second half of 1757 where he probably ordered this tea and coffee set. He was born in Brielle.