French patent date 1880, Haviland & Co., from the later edition of the President Rutherford B. Hayes state dinner service for Presidents Arthur and Cleveland, based on the drawings of Theodore R. David, Ohio Golden-Rod, chromolithograph of swallow flying amongst goldenrods, blue sky, hand painted highlights, gilt rim and foot ring, signed with acrostic mark "TD" to pointed end, underside of rim printed with the Great Seal of the United States, the reverse stamped in overglaze red "Fabrique par/Haviland&Co./d'apres les dessins de/Theo: R. David", stamped in overglaze blue "Design Patented/August 10th 1880/No 11934", and stamped in underglaze green "H&Co.", 9 in.

Note: Illlustrated in:

The White House Historical Association: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/treasures-of-the-white-house-hayes-state-dinner-service

Official White House China, 1789 to the Present, Margaret Brown Klapthor, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1999, p. 112.

The White House Porcelain Service, Designs by an American Artist, Illustrating Exclusively American Fauna and Flora, Haviland & Co., New York, 1880, p. 81.

The White House, It's Historic Furnishings & First Families, Betty C. Monkman, Abbeville Press, New York, 2000, p. 157.

Provenance: W.M. Schwind, Jr. , Antiques & Fine Art, Yarmouth, Maine, 16 August 1999 for $1,650; Private Collection, Jacksonville, Florida

wear to gilt at rim, a few minor spots, minor scratching, a few firing flaws to base (as made)