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Hotz s'Jacob & Co.: 1900 trade mark registration - Chinese woman and child

Hotz s'Jacob & Co.: 1900 trade mark registration - Chinese woman and child

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong.

Royal Dutch Library has a great site for retrieving printed matter, especially newspapers. Several registrations of trade marks were found in Nederlandse staatscourant (Dutch State Gazette), accompanied by a drawing of the trade mark (Delpher.nl).

Hotz s'Jacob was one of the organisations which preceded Holland-China Trading Company, which was founded in 1903. One of the main products it traded was cotton clothing, produced in the East of the Netherlands, Twente.

The caption reads:
"14444
Naam van den inzender:
De firma Hotz s'Jacob & Co., te Rotterdam.
Soort der waren:
Katoenen manufacturen.
Dagteekening waaronder de inschrijving heeft plaats gehad:
23 januari 1900.
Het merk wordt gevormd door een breeden rechthoekigen rand, waarin op blauwen grond goudenbloemversieringen. In den bovenkant van den rand zijn een vijftal cirkeltjes aangebracht, waarbinnen op witten grond in ieder cirkeltje een Chineesche letter. De zijkanten van den rand bevatten op de helft een door gouden lijntjes afgezetten rechthoek waarin in ieder vier Chineesche letters voorkomen. Binnen den rand is een bootje afgebeeld, drijvende op het water. In het bootje zit een Chineesche vrouw, bezig het haar op te maken, terwijl een klein Chineeschje aan hare knieƫn zit, in den opgeheven linkerhand een vlinder aan een draad houdende; in den boot ligt een roeispaan, een vlag en een hoofddeksel, hangt een mandje en staan potten met planten. Links daarvan komt van achter den rand de kruin van een boom en een gedeelte van een huisje tevoorschijn."

Courtesy Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Royal Dutch Library), Nederlandsche staatscourant, 1 February 1900

This trade mark was also registered in Hong Kong. The 19 January 1901 Hongkong Government Gazette reads:
"The trade marks ordinance, 1898
Application for Registration of Trade Marks.
Notice is hereby given that Messrs. Hotz S'Jacob and Company have, on the 26th day of September 1900, applied for the registration in Hongkong, in the Register of Trade Marks the following Trade Marks:
...
11. A Chinese Woman in a boat dressing her hair with a baby standing by her holding what appears to be a butterfly fastened to a thread. In the boat, there is one oar, a bamboo with a coat being dried, two vases and a basket. The boat appears to be stationed beside a tree on the sea.
...
in the name of Hotz S'Jacob and Company, who claim the be the sole proprietors thereof. The Trade Marks are intended to be used by the applicants in the respect of the Cotton Piece Goods of all kinds in Class 24.
Facsimiles of the Trade Marks can be seen at the Office of the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong and also at the Office of the undersigned.
Dated the 12th day of November, 1900.
Wilkinson & Grist,
Solicitors for the Applicants,
70, Queens Road, Hongkong."

This trademark was transferred to Holland-China Trading Company in 1904.
The Hongkong Government Gazette, 12 August 1904:
"Government notification. - No. 567.
Notice is hereby given that Mrssrs. Hotz s'Jacob & Company have by assignment transferred their nineteen (19) trade marks (15 registered on 20th March, 1901, in respect of Cotton piece goods of all kinds in class 24; 1 registered on 29th November, 1901, in respect of Condensed milk, cocoa and chocolate in Class 42; and 3 registered on 29th November, 1901, in respect of Sewing cotton on spools or reels in Class 23) to the Holland-China Handels Compagnie (Holland-China Trading Company) of Rotterdam in the Kingdom of Holland.
By command,
F.H. May,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th August, 1904."

Courtesy Hong Kong University Library, <a href="https://old.gwulo.com/%3Ca%20href%3D"https://lib.hku.hk/database/">https://lib.hku.hk/database/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">lib.hku.hk/database/</a>

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Friday, February 1, 1901
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Comments

Dear reader,

Can you please help me translate the Chinese characters?

Kind regards,

Pieter