A pair of octagonal Chinese famille rose English market armorial plates, Qianlong

Dia.: 23 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- One plate with overspraying showing under UV-light on the edge of the plate, except between 9 and 10 o'clock. Numerous small superficial rim chips probably restored. At ca. 2.30, 5.30 and 8 o'clock, probably larger superficial chips restored. No restoration showing under UV-light on the back of the plate. The nature of the restoration making it difficult to determine the exact extent. The center of the plate entirely untouched. The rim with a few very small superficial chips and fleabites.
- The second plate with overspraying showing under UV-light on the edge of the plate, between 5.30 and 7.30 o'clock. A few small superficial rim chips probably restored. No restoration showing under UV-light on the back of the plate. The rim with a few very small superficial chips and fleabites.

The arms are those of Peach quartering Small with in pretence and accollée Cockburn.

See also:
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Museum number: FE.65-1978, for another example from the same service. (link)
- Howard, David Sanctuary: Chinese Armorial Porcelain. London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1974, p. 346
- Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni: Chinese Export Ceramics. London, V&A Publishing, 2011, p.44, pl.48