A Group of Thirteen Chinese Export Armorial Dinner and Teawares 18th Century

comprising: a soup plate with the arms of Auchmuty impaling another unknown; a pair of soup plates with flower festoon borders, possibly Continental; a pair of plates with gilt monogram within a mantled shield; a pair of plates with the crest of Kiddell and initials WRK; a small oval stand with the arms of Tennant; a pair of teabowls and saucers with swan crest and monogram JES and an octagonal plate with monogram and lion crest. 

Soup plate - one tiny rim edge chip and two very small chips under the rim Flower festoon soup plates - one has a less than 1/8 inch shallow rim chip and an 1/8 inch chip under the rim; the other is in good condition. Monogrammed plates - one has restored breaks to the rim edge along a six inch section; the other has a 1/4 inch haircrack to the rim and an 1/8 inch rim chip Kiddell plates - one has several small chips to the underside edge of the rim; the other has several very small filled chips under the rim edge. Oval stand - very small chip under the rim edge Teabowls - one has a pinhead chip to the rim; the other has an 1/8 inch shallow rim chip Saucers - both in good condition with just minor rubbing to the gilt rims Octagonal plate - 1/4 inch shallow chip to the rim edge.
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