The miniature porcelain objects were popular in the Netherlands for the doll’s houses, which were not for children but replicas of townhouses professionally furnished for interior decoration.
For other examples of such miniature objects, see Christiaan J.A. Jorg, Fine and Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, (Amsterdam, 2003), p.190, no.238 and 239, p.200, no.255 (Groninger Museum, Groningen) and p.205, no.264 (Nederlandse Kastelenstichting, Wijk bij Duurstede)