Theodore Russell Davis and Haviland & Co.
“Chickens in a Garden” Dinner Plate
Designed 1879-1880; in production 1880-1886
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- Designer: Theodore Russell Davis
- Manufacturer: Haviland & Co.
“Chickens in a Garden” Dinner Plate
Designed 1879-1880; in production 1880-1886
Physical Qualities
Porcelain, enamel, gilt, 9 1/8 × 9 1/8 × 1 in. (23.2 × 23.2 × 2.5 cm.)
Portfolio/Series
Design from the Hayes Presidential Porcelain Service from The Dinner Series (1 platter and 12 plates)
Credit Line
Gift of Jonathan W. Kolker, Baltimore, in Memory of Irving and Rosa Kolker
Object Number
2022.164
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2022; Jonathan W. Kolker, Baltimore, MD by descent, 1980s; Irving Mason (1895-1957) and Rosa Jacobson Kolker (1907-1998), Baltimore, MD by purchase
Inscribed: Recto: artist initial "D" in enamel
Markings: On underside: - [American eagle with spread wings and Seal of United States in polychrome enamels]; - "Theo: R. Davis." (Facsimile signature in black); - "FABRIQUÉ PAR / HAVILAND & Co./ d’aprés les dessins / DE" (stamped in orange-red); - "DESIGN PATENTED / AUGUST 10th 1880 / No: 1193 (stamped in blue); - "H & Co." (stamped factory mark in green)
Designer
Theodore Russell Davis
Boston, MA 1840-1894 Asbury Park, NJ
Boston, MA 1840-1894 Asbury Park, NJ
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Manufacturer
Haviland & Co.
Limoges, France 1842-present
Limoges, France 1842-present
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