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Theodore Russell Davis and Haviland & Co.

“The American Soup of the XVth Century” Soup Plate

1878

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“The American Soup of the XVth Century” Soup Plate

1878

Physical Qualities Porcelain, enamel, gilt, 8 7/8 × 8 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (22.5 × 21 × 4.4 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Frederica Kolker Saxon, Baltimore, in Memory of Irving and Rosa Kolker
Object Number 2022.183
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 initial "D" in enamel

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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