Three Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Soup Plates, 18th c., Mandarin orange ground with blue floriform cartouches filled with trees and flowers, overall gilt and blue floral decoration, reserve with blue buckled sash armorial with the motto "Mente Manu Que" centering an eagle with outspread wings on a rope, height 1 5-8 in., diameter 9 1/4 in. Note: old staple repairs and chips.