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Saucer

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

ca. 1900

GUSN

GUSN-180502

Description

Porcelain Saucer. Decorated with a raspberry colored band and delicate floral gilt. Outer rim has a few scallops and inner (around depression for cup) and outer rim have designs in relief.

Details

Descriptive Terms

saucers (plates)
porcelain
Limoges
Saucer

Inscription

"GDA / FRANCE" (Green glaze mark, GDA in script above a horizontal line, FRANCE below)
"CH.FIELD HAVILAND LIMOGES / J. McD. & S. Co" (Rust colored glaze mark, CH.FIELD HAVILAND LIMOGES within circle, rest is below)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Charles Field Haviland Co. (Manufacturer)
Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton (Retailer)

Dimensions

3/4 (D), 5 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.3048.17

Places

Limoges (Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France)

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