Four Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Octagonal Plates Qianlong period, circa 1755

each painted with a central spray of peony and exotic flowers within a gilt-chain border surmounted by the arms of Burgh quartering Bosvile impaling Chambers, all within a scroll border

Helen Mc Gehee Antiques, Philadelphia.

Each of the four plates has scattered small chips and restored chips to the rim, scattered glaze pull and minor wear to the enamels.
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The arms are illustrated in David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Volume II, 2003, p. 243, M1.