A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL OCTAGONAL SOUP PLATES, CIRCA 1760 |

each painted in the center with the arms of Cooper impaling Touchet and inscribed with the motto FIDELIS USQUE. AD. MORTEM

Collection of Frances C. Albee, New York
Sotheby's New York, January 24, 1990, lot 414 

One plate with 1 small chip to the rim edge, and 2 small glaze flakes to the underside rim. There is also one corner with some burst air bubbles. The other with 2 small chips to the corners. Both with minor wear and firing imperfections.
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For the arms see David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. II, Chippenham, 2003, p. 398, Q5.