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Charles Field Haviland
china, while still technically connected with the Haviland family
lineage, has a quite separate history. Charles was the nephew of David
Haviland, the original founder of the Haviland & Co. factory in
Limoges, France. In 1882, when his father Barclay entered into a
partnership with his brothers Richard, Daniel & David, Charles was sent
to Limoges to learn the craft of china manufacturing. A few years later
he married the granddaughter of one of the most famous porcelain
manufacturers in France, Francois Alluaud II. Shortly thereafter,
Charles began his own studio, decorating whiteware produced by Alluaud
and then sending the pieces to his uncle in New York. It was not until
1868, when he rented his own two-kiln factory adjacent to Haviland &
Co. in Limoges, that he began manufacturing and decorating his own
whiteware china. After he reorganized the old Haviland & Co.
distribution company in New York, demand increased to such a level that
he was compelled to lease a three-kiln factory in nearby Vierzon. In
1876, Charles Field acquired the sixty-year old Alluaud factory in
Casseaux. The high cost of renovations, however, eventually overwhelmed
him. He relinquished management to three men by the name of Gérard,
Dufraisseix & Morel, and retired as a controlling stockholder in the
company in 1881. The pieces produced subsequently can be recognized by
the green underglaze stamp GDM/CFH, and are considered some of the
finest pieces ever produced in the Casseaux factory. After 1900, Morel
was replaced by Edgar Abbott, and the mark GDA began to be employed,
and is still in use today. The characteristic Charles Field Haviland
"lifesaver" mark was adopted by Robert Haviland (Charles's grandson)
who began his own company along with C. Parlon in 1941.
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Sample Charles
Field Haviland Marks:
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Schleiger 64C 
Schleiger 377