Theodore Russell Davis and Haviland & Co.
“On the Chesapeake Bay” Game Platter
1878-1885
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- Designer: Theodore Russell Davis
- Manufacturer: Haviland & Co.
“On the Chesapeake Bay” Game Platter
1878-1885
Physical Qualities
Porcelain, enamel, gilt, 2 7/16 × 18 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (6.2 × 47 × 31.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frederica Kolker Saxon, Baltimore, in Memory of Irving and Rosa Kolker
Object Number
2022.177
Davis designed twelve plates and a game platter for the game course, titling the ensemble “On the Chesapeake Bay.”
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]" in enamel
Designer
Theodore Russell Davis
1839–1893
Boston, MA 1840-1894 Asbury Park, NJ
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