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Theodore Russell Davis and Haviland & Co.

“Ohio Golden-Rod” Dessert or Fruit Plate

1878

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“Ohio Golden-Rod” Dessert or Fruit Plate

1878

Physical Qualities Porcelain, enamel, gilt, 8 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 1 in. (21.6 × 21.6 × 2.5 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Frederica Kolker Saxon, Baltimore, in Memory of Irving and Rosa Kolker
Object Number 2022.184
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2022; Frederica K. Saxon (1933-2025), 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 and underlined]" in paint

Designer

Theodore Russell Davis

1839–1893

Boston, MA 1840-1894 Asbury Park, NJ
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Manufacturer

Haviland & Co.

b. 1841

Limoges, France 1842-present
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