White House Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plate, Rutherford B. Hayes
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Description
French patent date 1880, Haviland & Co., with scalloped edge and molded oyster design, in enamel and gilt decoration, underside of rim printed with the Great Seal of the United States, the reverse stamped in overglaze red "Fabrique par/Haviland&Co./d'apres les dessins de/Theo: R. David", stamped in overglaze blue "Design Patented/August 10th 1880", and stamped in underglaze green "H&Co.", 8-5/8 in. diameter
Note: Illustrated in:
The White House Historical Association: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/treasures-of-the-white-house-hayes-state-dinner-service
Official White House China, 1789 to the Present, Margaret Brown Klapthor, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1999, p. 98.
Condition
a few minor anomalies and firing flaws to base (as made), slight loss to gilt, small chip with in-painting at rim
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