From the Wolterbeek Dinner Service, c.1818. Inspired by a 1762 Worcester porcelain design, with a central roundel surrounded by alternating panels radiating to rim. Central roundel with shield bearing initials "CJW" supported by a tiger and elephant resting on a banner inscribed "Mallacca". Hand painted. Dia. 25 cm (9 3/4 in) Part of a service given to Dutch governor Constantijn Johan Wolterbeek by the Sultan of Malacca on the occasion of the British ceding the colony to the Dutch.See Kroes, "Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the Dutch Market," pp 519-520, pl. 443.
