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1867
GUSN-21774
Cake plate. Part of Haviland dinner set; white w/ gold banding; items w/ handles have applied and gilded foliate decoration at base of handle; items w/ finials have applied and gilded gourd finials.
cake plates (serving vessels)
glazing (coating)
molding (forming)
porcelain
tin (metal)
Porcelain
Molded
Tin Glazed
PLATE, CAKE
Stamped on bottom: ""H & Co./ L"" and ""HAVILAND & CO./ LIMOGES""--see worksheet for drawing of inscription. ""Kovel's Dictionary of Marks"" lists these marks as being used after 1879. The Tuckers bought this set in 1867. Clearly there is a discrepancy in the book's information.
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Marxsen & Witte
Haviland & Co. (Maker)
Limoges, France
7.5 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.696.52
Pennsylvania (United States)
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