Een zeldzaam paar blauw-witte Delftse kandelaars, 17/18e eeuw (naar tefaf)

H.: 20,5 cm - Dia.: 14 cm

Each marked on the base 'LVE' for Lambertus van Eenhoorn, the 'De Metaale Pot' workshop, Delft, 1691-1724.

Condition: Both in excellent condition, with negligible minor superficial wear and glaze abrasions. An exceptionally well preserved pair.

Provenance: With a label on the base for the 'Gaston de ' collection, Château de Grune, Belgium. The collectors Maurice de  (1850-1918) (link), a Belgian diplomat and politician, and his son Gaston built a collection of mostly blue and white pieces from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. De  was a diplomatic attaché in Paris, Constantinople, Vienna, Berlin, The Hague and Persia. Afterward, he returned to Belgium where he became a senator and a member of the Parliament. In 1894, he bought and restored a castle in Grune, Belgium. After his death, De ’s collection was passed to his eldest son, Gaston (1878-1937), who was also a diplomat. Gaston had a predilection for the Dutch Golden Age and completed his father’s collection. He showcased the remarkable assemblage of Delftware in his seventeenth-century castle surrounded by Dutch paintings and prints from the same era.