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Theodore Russell Davis and Haviland & Co.

“Huckleberry” Dessert or Fruit Plate

Designed 1879-1880; in production 1880-1886

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“Huckleberry” Dessert or Fruit Plate

Designed 1879-1880; in production 1880-1886

Physical Qualities Porcelain, enamel, gilt, 8 1/8 × 9 1/8 × 1 3/4 in. (20.6 × 23.2 × 4.4 cm.)
Portfolio/Series Design from the Hayes Presidential Porcelain Service from The Dessert or Fruit Plate Series (12 plates)
Credit Line Gift of Jonathan W. Kolker, Baltimore, in Memory of Irving and Rosa Kolker
Object Number 2022.167
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's initials "TD [overlapped]" in paint

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: 11934 (stamped in blue); - "H & Co." (stamped factory mark in green)

Designer

Theodore Russell Davis

Boston, MA 1840-1894 Asbury Park, NJ

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Manufacturer

Haviland & Co.

Limoges, France 1842-present

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