Fish Plate, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Dinner Service Designer: Theodore Russell Davis (American, 1840–1894)
Manufacturer: Haviland & Co. (French, active 1842–1941)

1880

American Decorative Arts

Not on view
Medium

Porcelain with overglaze and gilt decoration

Dimensions

Diam. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Davida Tenenbaum Deutsch in memory of Alvin Deutsch, LL.B. 1958, and in honor of Patricia E. Kane, Ph.D. 1987

Accession Number

2022.75.7.8

Geography

Manufactured in France, Designed in Asbury Park, New Jersey

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, date unknown, lot 709 [note 1]; sold to Mrs. Meyer Tenenbaum (née Labelle Birnbaum, 1915–2001), Savannah, Ga.; given to her daughter Davida Tenenbaum Deutsch, New York (on loan as a promised gift to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2015–22); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2022

Note 1. The plate is part of a set including 12 other objects given to the Gallery; one plate in the set retains a Sotheby Parke Bernet tag inscribed "709 / 13."
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

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Marks

"FABRIQUE PAR / HAVILAND&Co. / d'apres les dessins / DE / Theo: R. Davis [script]" in red (signature in black) on underside of plate, ""DESIGN PATENTED / AUGUST 10TH 1880 / No. 11935" in blue on underside of plate, "H&Co." [underlined] in green on underside of each plate

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