a pair of Chinese armorial saucers painted in iron red and gilt to the centres with two crests, one shield with coronet flanked by two eagles, the other with scrolling monogram surmounted by a further coronet, all within underglaze blue borders of flowerheads and foliage -- 4 5/8in. (11.7cm) diam, 18th century, (rim nibbles, some enamel rubbing, one cracked).

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a pair of Chinese armorial saucers painted in iron red and gilt to the centres with two crests, one shield with coronet flanked by two eagles, the other with scrolling monogram surmounted by a further coronet, all within underglaze blue borders of flowerheads and foliage -- 4 5/8in. (11.7cm) diam, 18th century, (rim nibbles, some enamel rubbing, one cracked).
See Colour Plate 31. (2)

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