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“Smelt” Fish Plate
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Theodore Russell Davis and Haviland & Co.

“Smelt” Fish Plate

1878

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“Smelt” Fish Plate

Theodore Russell Davis and Haviland & Co.

“Smelt” Fish Plate

“Smelt” Fish Plate

1878

Physical Qualities Porcelain, enamel, gilt, 8 3/8 × 1 in. (21.3 × 2.5 cm.)
Credit Line Friends of the American Wing Fund
Object Number 1998.22
Benskin, Elizabeth, and Suzy Wolffe. Teacher's Guide to the American Collection. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014, pages 56 and 64.

Inscribed: Recto: artist's initials "TD [overlapped]" 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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On View: American Wing Second Floor, Scott 01

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