D2011. Pair of Blue and White Armorial Plates

Each marked LVE in blue for Lambertus van Eenhoorn, the owner of De Metaale Pot (The Metal Pot) factory from 1691 to 1721

Each painted with a coats of arms of Franc Evertsz van Bleiswijk and Anna van Hoogenhouck, accollée, one with three spheres, the other with three birds’ legs, surrounded by elaborate foliate mantling and surmounted by a hunting horn crest above a crowned helmet, the rim with an ornamental border of flowering branches, three foliate lappets and scrollwork.

Dimensions
Diameters: 26 cm. (10.2 in.)

Provenance
Aronson Antiquairs, Amsterdam, 1997;
The Van der Vorm Collection, The Netherlands

Similar Example
The collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam holds a similar plate, also marked ‘LVE’, with inv. nr BK-1977-256.