Lot 460
A Fine Set of Six Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plates from the White House Service of President Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-81), c. 1880, Haviland & Co., Limoges, France, designed by artist Theodore Russell Davis, fully marked, with five wells, diameter 83/4 in. E6000-8000 Note: Haviland, the great French porcelain maker who was responsible for so many White House china designs, describes this design in his 1879 catalogue: "The Oyster Plate will be an acceptable invitation. The rich effect of the design is enhanced by the method adopted in its manufacture. The colors are laid upon the china clay under the glaze. China, color and glaze are fired at the same time, producing an effect and integrity of color, which is pleasant to the eye and as durable as the porcelain itself. Five Blue-Point oyster shells cover the principal surface of the plate; beyond these is portrayed a cluster of the raccoon oysters, which are well known in the Southern Atlantic States...The background offers a glimpse of the ocean..." An identical plate is pictured in Martha Klapthor, Official White House China, ( Harry N. Abrams, 1999), p. 103.
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