Simon Tonisz van der Piet

• Name	Simon Tonisz van der Piet
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Potter (Plateelbakker)
  Person ID	I799	Main Tree
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family
  Marriage	24 Aug 1614	Delft, Netherlands
  Family ID	F281	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Around 1621 Simon Toenis van der Piet of Delft, bought up the Tile factory on the Schritsen ( corner of Raamstraat and Schritsen) in Harlingen, Friesland, originally established by Steffen Gunter the elder in 1598. Simon's wife, Maritgen Jans dr. van der Laan signed a contract in 1637 with the tilemaker Adriaen Cornelis van Leeuwen from Delft, which required him to move as speedily as possible to Harlingen where he was to spend a year painting saucers and tiles for Van der Piet. The contract names prices as follows: 'fijne schutters', 36 stuyvers per 100 stuks; 'slechte mannekes', 24 stuyvers per 100 stuks; 'slechte stien' (eenvoudige tegels), 16 stuyvers per 100 stuks; 'scheepjes of ruiters te paard', 2 gld. en 10 stuyvers per 100 stuks. Van der Piet's pottery was not, however, a large concern. According to an inventory of 1639 there were 2000 unbaked tiles. It seems likely that, at that time, they were already usring red, yellow, green and deep yellow colouring for their tiles, the traditional Harlinger colours. In 1681 the factory was take over by Pytter Pytterse Grauda and Jan Folekerts Grauda for 2200 gulden.