A pair of Chinese Export Armorial Soup Plates Circa 1745

with the arms of Beauple impaling Bettesworth.

One has a ¼ inch shallow chip to the underside of the rim, and another 1/8 inch shallow chip. Some minor fritting to the rim edge. There is slight rubbing to the gilding on both. The other has a 2 inch by ½ star crack to one side of the center. These are both very nice examples.
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Howard, 1974, Vol. I, p. 364, no. M2 illustrates a plate from this service.