A SET OF EIGHT HAVILAND PORCELAIN OYSTER PLATES,with underglaze green 'H & Co.' mark,. Designed by Haviland with Theodore Davis for the state china of the Rutherford B. Hayes administration, which depicted naturalistic images of American flora and fauna. The service was ordered by Mrs. Rutherford in 1875, and reproduced by Haviland for sale to the public. Each oyster plate with five oyster recesses, on a cobalt blue ground with green seaweed and gilt highlights - 8 1/2 in. diam. Estimate $3,000-5,000
