TWO OYSTER PLATES FROM THE STATE SERVICE OF RUTHERFORD B. HAYES (PRESIDENT, 1877-1881)

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Property from the Collection of Dr. Bruce Wilson, Memphis, Tennessee

TWO OYSTER PLATES FROM THE STATE SERVICE OF RUTHERFORD B. HAYES (PRESIDENT, 1877-1881)

DESIGNED BY THEODORE RUSSELL DAVIS, HAVILAND & CO., LIMOGES, CIRCA 1880

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TWO OYSTER PLATES FROM THE STATE SERVICE OF RUTHERFORD B. HAYES (PRESIDENT, 1877-1881)
DESIGNED BY THEODORE RUSSELL DAVIS, HAVILAND & CO., LIMOGES, CIRCA 1880
with painted date 'August 10, 1880'
8½ in. diameter (2)

Provenance

Sold, Christie's, New York, 29 January 1991, lot 276

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Lot Essay

The oyster plate is considered to be one of the most desirable pieces of this extensive and much admired state service, which featured images of American flora and fauna on a variety of innovative forms. For a detailed discussion of the Rutherford Hayes service, see Margaret Brown Klapthor, Official White House China 1789 to the Present (New York, 1999), pp. 102-121.

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