PAIR OF CANTON FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PLATESChinese, from the service made for the Marques de Almendares, Cuba, circa 1843, porcelain. Centered by a jeweled coronet above the inscription "Exmo Sor Marques de Almendares" within a court scene, the border with birds, butterflies, and pheasants.Another example from this service appears on page 136 ofChina to Order: Focusing on the XIXth Century and Surveying Polychrome Export Porcelain by Daniel Nadler, 2001.Dimensions: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm.)Provenance: See Daniel Nadler, "China to Order Focusing on the XIXth Century and Surveying Polychrome Export Porcelain", Paris, 2001, pp. 136,138.See also Schiffer, China for America, p. 184.