Pair of Samson Chinese Export style plates Circa 1860 a gilt leaf- scroll and loop outer band and spearhead inner band; centering painted en grisaille and heightened in flesh tones; one depicting LESPERLERINS DE L'ISLE DE CYTHERE: after the engraving by Bernard Picart the other depicting a Jesuit scene. Dia.9.25in *Note: This border illustrated in CHINESE ARMORIAL PORCELAIN, by David Sanctuary Howard,Page 134.