A PAIR OF SÈVRES (LATER-DECORATED) SOUP-PLATES, the centres painted with exotic birds in shrubby landscape vignettes, within bleu celeste borders reserved with birds in flight enclosed within gilt scroll cartouches flanked by gilt flowers, dots and diaper and gilt dentil rims (one with small chips to footrim, slight wear to gilding), imitation blue interlaced L marks enclosing letters N, incised L 00, the porcelain 18th Century, the decoration circa 1840