D2011. Pair of Blue and White Armorial Plates

Delft, circa 1710

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;
Collection Van Heeckeren, Amsterdam (?) according to the original collector’s label

The provenance of this pair can likely be attributed to Hendrik Jacob Carel Johan, Baron van Heeckeren (Zutphen 1785–1862 Arnhem), Lord of Enghuizen, Beurse, Beverweerd, and Odijk. A distinguished Lieutenant Colonel of the King’s Cavalry, he was also a member of the Provincial States of Gelderland and the Dutch Senate. Baron van Heeckeren was a decorated figure, receiving numerous honors, including Knight of the Order of the Union (1810), Knight of the Order of the Reunion (1811), Knight 4th Class of the Military Order of William (1816), and Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion. He married Elisabeth Williams Hope (1794–1860) in Amsterdam in 1816. The son of Evert Frederik, Lord of Enghuizen and Beurse, and Henriette Jeanne Suzanne Maria van Nassau-La Lecq, Lady of Beverweerd and Odijk.

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