First edition released August
1998; values were updated in second printing, January 2000, and third
printing, March 2003, following sellouts.
Presented by
restaurant china category: airline, ship, railroad, military, government, western, casino,
drug store, company cafeteria, manufacturer samples and so forth.
690 photographs
(95% color) of china with description, pattern name and code, manufacturer's backstamp and usage
information, and value range.
365
airline logo drawings with airline name, country, operation dates, and logo
usage period. Use these logos to identify and date airline china, as well as
related collectibles (e.g., flatware and glasses).
Alphabetical list
of 280 ship line word, initial, and logo china topmarks, each with
identification and history of ship line, followed by an additional 162
ship line logo drawings with identification.
Alphabetical list
of 325 railroad and railroad related word, initial, and logo china topmarks with description or
drawing and railroad identification.
Military logo
drawings with identification.
Manufacturer’s
catalog pages and advertisements illustrating 150+ transportation china patterns and
portraying china in use on 50+ airplanes, ships, and dining cars.
History of the
commercial china industry.
Item names: 100+ drawings identified in standard industry
terms.
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Body materials
defined (e.g., vitrified china): composition, porosity, firing stages and temperatures,
translucence, color, country of origin and main area of manufacture.
Manufacturing processes defined
and illustrated.
Decoration
methods: background, terminology, application details, and photographic examples covering
23 techniques.
Extensive index.
8-/2 x 11 format,
368 pages, hardbound.
Ordering Information
ISBN#1574320599; originally released August 1998 (values updated in 2000 and
2003); published by Collector Books, #5056, $24.95.
To
order a copy at Amazon,com at a 37% discount (percent varies from time to
time), click the Volume 1 book cover (near top of this page) which will take
you directly to the Restaurant China Volume 1 page at Amazon.com.
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