Happy Thanksgiving!

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Presidential Turkey Platter designed by Theodore Russell Davis

c.1880 / Porcelain with enamels and gilding / Length: 20” / White House Historical Association

“In 1879, a state dinner service for President and Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes was commissioned
from Haviland & Co., Limoges, France…”

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