Pair Chinese Export armorial plates circa 1780-1785 famille rose octagonal plates, lavender and green border, with arms of FECTOR impaling LANE, with motto "FIDE FELICES FACTI". According to Howard, this service was made for James Peter Fector and used to entertain the Tsar of Russia on June 6, 1814 at Fector's home. (Glaze flaws and wear; multiple chips to undersides of rims, two restored, one with radial crack.) Dia.9.75in *Provenance: Bearing the Harrod's label. *Illustrated: Howard, David S. CHINESE ARMORIAL PORCELAIN, 1974: London, Farber and Farber, Ltd. p.663.