Haviland China Reordered by Arthur and Cleveland, Maker's Mark

These marks appear on the reverse side of a porcelain soup plate made by Haviland & Co. of Limoges, France. The soup plate was purchased for the White House in 1884 or 1886, during the administrations of Chester Arthur and Grover Cleveland, respectively, to supplement the Rutherford B. Hayes state dinner service. The plate also bears the signature of artist Theodore Russell Davis, who designed the Hayes service.