"Rail, 'Sora'" game plate is a design from the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Porcelain Service. Porcelain with enamels and gilt decoration. The colors were applied using chromolithographic and decalcomania processes. Afterwards, decorators painted the plate with enamel colors to add shading and to enhance the design. Finally, the edges were gilt. The plate is a classic round shape. The design features a sora, one of the most esteemed of American game birds, in the marshes of the Delaware river, its natural habitat.