A pair of English porcelain plates 1st half 19th century

A pair of English porcelain plates 1st half 19th century, decorated in London with scenes of Chinese figures, including a fishmonger and a woman preparing tea, the borders with panels containing fish and tea leaves and flowers respectively, reserved on an orange-red ground, titled in red to the reverse, one with an extensive description, one cracked, 21.6cm. (2)

The subjects depicted here were copied from George Henry Mason's The Costume of China, which was published c.1800. Many of the plates were copied in turn from original Chinese watercolours signed by Pu-Qua of Canton.