Physical Qualities
Porcelain, enamel, gilt, 9 × 1 1/2 × 7 5/8 in. (22.9 × 3.8 × 19.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frederica Kolker Saxon, Baltimore, in Memory of Irving and Rosa Kolker
Object Number
1999.138
Davis designed and patented this salad plate for sale to the general public to take advantage of the excitement generated by the Hayes Presidential service. While it is similar in conception, it was not part of the Hayes service and was not used at the White House. The plate stands on gilded feet shaped like lobster claws.
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
Inscribed: Recto: artist's initial "D" in paint
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 11935(blue paint)'
Designer
Theodore Russell Davis
1839–1893
Boston, MA 1840-1894 Asbury Park, NJ
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