"Canvas-Back" game plate is a design from the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Porcelain Service. Porcelain with enamels and gilt decoration. The colors were applied using chromolithographic and decalcomania processes. Afterwards, decorators painted the plate with enamel colors to add shading and to enhance the design. Finally, the edges were gilt. The plate is a classic round shape and the design features cranberries in the foreground, which adds a touch of color, but also indicates the location of the scene - the Maryland shore. A Canvas-Back duck, which feeds on these brightly-colored berries, flies overhead.