Theodore Russell Davis and Haviland & Co.
“Indian Basket Weave” After-Coffee Plate
Designed 1879-1880, in production 1880-1886
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- Designer: Theodore Russell Davis
- Manufacturer: Haviland & Co.
“Indian Basket Weave” After-Coffee Plate
Designed 1879-1880, in production 1880-1886
Physical Qualities
Porcelain, enamel, gilt, 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Portfolio/Series
Design from the Hayes Presidential Porcelain Service
Credit Line
Gift of Frederica Kolker Saxon, Baltimore, in Memory of Irving and Rosa Kolker
Object Number
1999.141
As a correspondent for Harper’s Weekly, Davis followed Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer’s (1839–1876) military campaigns in 1867 to imprison or assassinate Native communities in the Great Plains of the United States. This plate’s woven design is based on a basket sketched by Davis on the campaign, and, like his portrayals of battles, is a representation of Native history and culture seen through a white perspective.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1999; Jonathan W. Kolker, Baltimore, MD by descent, 1980s; Irving Mason (1895-1957) and Rosa Jacobson Kolker (1907-1998), Baltimore, MD by purchase
Former Prov - check files
Estate of Evalyn Walsh McClean
Former Prov - check files
Estate of Evalyn Walsh McClean
Benskin, Elizabeth, and Suzy Wolffe. Teacher's Guide to the American Collection. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014, pages 55 and 63.
Inscribed: None
Markings: UNDERNEATH, (painted), 'FABRIQUE PAR/HAVILAND & Co./d'apres les dessins/DE(red paint)/Theo. R. Davis(black paint)/ H&Co(underlined, all in green paint)/DESIGN PATENTED/AUGUST 10th 1880/No 1193(blue paint)'
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Scott 01
