Theodore Russell Davis
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Marked on the reverse: the United States coat of arms (Great Seal with eagle) in color, the words “FABRIQUÉ PAR/HAVILNAD & CO./d’après les dessins/DE/” in red with the artist’s signature “THEO: R. DAVIS” below in black, “H & Co.” double underscored in green, a cipher made of the artist’s initials “T.D.” formed from a red, white and blue pennant suspended from a crossbar with the date “1879” in brown, and above the pennant is “LIMOGES/HAVILAND & Co.” in brown. NOTE: The ice cream dish (82.002) is from the White House service.
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Gift of Daphne Farago
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Ice Cream Dish
from the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Service
Marked on the reverse: the United States coat of arms (Great Seal with eagle) in color, the words “FABRIQUÉ PAR/HAVILNAD & CO./d’après les dessins/DE/” in red with the artist’s signature “THEO: R. DAVIS” below in black, “H & Co.” double underscored in green, a cipher made of the artist’s initials “T.D.” formed from a red, white and blue pennant suspended from a crossbar with the date “1879” in brown, and above the pennant is “LIMOGES/HAVILAND & Co.” in brown. NOTE: The ice cream dish (82.002) is from the White House service.