The arms are those of Jan Albert Sichterman (1692-1764), who was a Director of the Dutch East India Company and Governor of Bengal from 1734-1744. Dr. Jochem Kroes identifies four services with these arms. A teabowl and saucer of this service are illustrated in his publication: Dr. J. Kroes, Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the Dutch Market, Zwolle, 2007, p. 200, no. 114, and no. 116 for the slightly different coffee cup in this lot.
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