Dear Anne,
This is indeed an interesting deed. It concerns an official declaration made by Petronella van Dijsel, widow of Leenderd vanden Let (who was a pottery baker in the pottery called De Paauw [The Peacock]) and her daughter Anna Maria vanden Let, unmarried daughter (come of age, so 25 years or older), both living in Delft at the request of Heijnricus Cleffius and Theodorus Witsenburgh, both pottery bakers in the pottery factory called De Starre.
They have declared it to be true that Gaspar Gonnaet, potter, was been a servant at the pottery factory De Starre since 1696 and had been a potter now for one year. They declared that he had made some pottery used for putting flowers in for them. When they paid him for this and on other occasions they had asked him whether he was allowed to make pottery pieces for another factory than the one he worked for.
They declared that he responded that he was allowed to make pottery for them and also for Mesch, because he had stipulated for this when he drew up his contract with De Starre.
To me, it seems that both women as well as the pottery bakers who requested their statement wanted to have a formal confirmation to prove they had not been acting illegally by using the services of a potter from another pottery.
Anne
zei op vrijdag 24 oktober 2025 - 21:26