“Locust” Dessert or Fruit Plate

1878

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Theodore Russell Davis and Haviland & Co.

“Locust” Dessert or Fruit Plate

Designer: Theodore Russell Davis
Manufacturer: Haviland & Co.

“Locust” Dessert or Fruit Plate

1878

Physical Qualities Porcelain, enamel, gilt, 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm.)

Credit Line Gift of Jonathan W. Kolker, Baltimore, in Memory of Irving and Rosa Kolker

Object Number 1999.133

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, 1948; Meredith Galleries, New York, 1948 lot 811 (?); Estate of Evalyn Walsh McLean (1886-1947), Washington, DC

Benskin, Elizabeth, and Suzy Wolffe. Teacher's Guide to the American Collection. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014, pages 58 and 66.

Inscribed: Recto: artist's initials "TD [overlapped]" in paint

Markings: UNDERNEATH, (painted), 'FABRIQUE PAR/HAVILAND & Co./d'apres les dessins/DE (red)/Theo. R. Davis (black)/H&Co (underlined, all in green)/DESIGN PATENTED/AUGUST 10th 1880/No 11934 (blue)'