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$65 USDWabash Railroad "Banner" China Bread-and-Butter Plate
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Wabash
Here is a very pretty small plate from the Wabash Railroad in the sharp "Banner" pattern. It is approximately 5-1/2 inches across and is in lovely condition with only the lightest of surface marks (must tilt in bright light to see any) and a brightly colored "Follow the Flag" logo. This plate looks as though it was hardly used - if it was used at all. It has NO cracks, chips, flakes, spiders, crazing or repairs. The flag logo artwork is crisp, clear, highly detailed and brightly colored. Made by ...
$165 USDChesapeake & Ohio RR "George Washington" China Platter
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Chesapeake & Ohio
This is a "George Washington" platter, from the C&O Railroad. It is a nice medium size, approximately 9-1/2 inches long and 6-1/2 inches wide. A pretty grouping of several pieces appears in "Dining on Rails" (Luckin), where it is identified as C&O-4a. This ware is a creamy ivory color, with a 1/4-inch wide gold rim band and a narrower inner gold stripe setting off a full color "portrait" of the first President of the United States. The artwork is taken from the famous portrait of Washington by ...
$150 USDNew York Central RR "Hyde Park" Limoges China Vegetable Side DIsh
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:New York Central:Hyde Park
Here is a New York Central Railroad china vegetable dish from the glory days when French porcelain Limoges china and fine linens graced dining car tables. If you are looking for a representative of the harder to find beautiful “Hyde Park” carnation floral pattern, look no further - ! This one is in as close to mint condition as we have ever seen. It would be a star addition to any collection of better rail passenger dining items. At approximately 5 inches long, 4 inches wide and 1-1/4 inches ...
$210 USDMissouri Kansas & Texas RR "Alamo" China Dinner / Service Plate
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Mk&T:Katy
This dinner plate is from the MK&T Railroad (a/k/a "Katy" Line), identified in "Dining on Rails" (Luckin) as MKT-1b. It is one of several different versions of their "Alamo" pattern china, honoring the San Antonio, Texas mission that played such a well known and pivotal role in Texas Revolution when all but two of its American defenders were killed on March 6, 1836 by the overwhelming forces of then-Mexican President Santa Ana. This red decorated plate is the "Sloan" version, which the MK&T ...
$650 USDIncredible 1820s Cobalt Baltimore & Ohio RR Historical Plate - Earliest American Railroad China!
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Baltimore & Ohio
At over 180 years old, this gorgeous deep cobalt-on-white dinner plate is one of the very earliest pieces of American railroad china ever made – it dates from the late 1820s, when the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was in its infancy. It is very heavy ware, more like pottery than restaurantware or porcelain china, and is easily mistaken at first glance for "flow blue." Our plate is 9 inches across with a deep well. It was manufactured about 1828 by Enoch Wood of Burslem, England as part of a series ...
$79 USD SaleSALE Rare backmark Southern Pacific RR china "Prairie Mt. Wildflowers" grapefruit / cereal bowl
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Southern Pacific
Here is a Southern Pacific Lines Railroad china grapefruit or cereal bowl with a rare bottom marking. It is correctly backmarked Syracuse China Econo-Rim Trade 7-T Mark Patented / Prairie-Mountain Wildflowers Ruby Lily, Mariposa Tulip, Baby Blue Eyes, Made Expressly for Southern Pacific Lines Dining Car Service by Onondaga Pottery Co. Syracuse, N.Y. Design Copyrighted 1931 6 (NOTE: 7-T is date code for July, 1939.) This bowl is in near mint condition with very strong rim edge design stamping and ...
$399 USD SaleSALE Seaboard Railroad china "Orange Blossom" Demitasse Cup & Saucer Set
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China
This absolutely gorgeous little demi cup and saucer set are the Seaboard Railroad's "Orange Blossom" pattern, appealingly beautiful with large turquoise bands and floral bouquets -- one peeping from inside the cup. Both pieces are in absolutely perfect, near mint condition with no damage. They appear to be unused. According to our railroad guides, the RR apparently used this pattern on its Orange Blossom Special name train. Customized from Syracuse China's "Colonial" pattern with the addition of ...
$149 USDSeaboard Airline Railroad "Old Bay Line" MINT Condition China Service Plate
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Seaboard:Old Bay Line
This is a gorgeously ornate big 10-5/8 inch service plate from the Seaboard Air Line's Old Bay Line steamship operation. It was made by Scammell's Lamberton China in Trenton, New Jersey in 1940 for the 100th anniversary celebration of the line's founding in 1840. As noted in the banner on the rim, the Baltimore Steam Packet Company was the oldest steamboat line in the United States of America at the time. This plate is absolutely as close to mint condition as not-new china can be. It is PRISTINE ...
$219 USDMaine Central Railroad China 2-handled Cream Soup Cup
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Maine Central
This Maine Central cream soup cup is sophisticated in the black and rust-red, difficult to find "Kennebec" pattern. This cup is bottom marked O.P.CO. / SYRACUSE CHINA / J-11 (date code for November 1929). It is an early one and very heavy, even for restaurant ware. It is in overall good condition, sound and solid with beautiful clear side marking and pinstripes. There are some expected light yellowish spots from aging. It does have a very fine hairline crack running all the way around the base ...
$55 USD SaleSALE New York Central RR china "Mercury" grapefruit / cereal bowl
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:New York Central:Nycrr:Mercury
Here is a very nice top- and bottom-marked New York Central Railroad “Mercury” pattern grapefruit dish or cereal bowl. It is 1-1/2 inches tall and is just under 6 inches across (including a ½ inch flat rim). This dish is in excellent condition with strong, bright glaze and absolutely no physical damage such as cracks, chips, flakes or hairlines. There are only a very few very light utensil surface scratches that cannot be seen unless you tilt the dish in bright light. It is top marked NYC in ...
$155 USD SaleSALE Great Northern RR "Glory of the West" oval china platter
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Great Northern
This attractive oval platter is from the Great Northern Railroad, in their “Glory of the West” pattern. This is a 7 inch x 9 inch, rolled rim platter. The design is a mountain lake flanked by green pine trees and rimmed by foothills with a massive gray peak in the background. If I am correctly interpreting the pattern legend printed in "Dining on Rails" by Luckin, it depicts Two Medicine Lake (please see "Background" below). CONDITION: This platter is in very fine condition with only very light ...
$89 USD SaleSALE Great Northern Railroad "Mountains & Flowers" platter
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Great Northern
Here is a great little dining car china platter from the Great Northern Railway. It is in extremely nice condition with only a very few light surface marks (must tilt it in bright light to see any). This platter, which is approximately 5 inches x 7 inches, is very pretty with a pink bouquet in the foreground of a stunning mountain scene. While it carries the correct GREAT NORTHERN RY. backmark above the trademark Econo-Rim stamp of the Syracuse China Company, the date code unfortunately is too ...
$330 USDChesapeake & Ohio China RR MARKED "Silhouette" Demi Cup & Saucer Set
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Chesapeake & Ohio
Here is just a fabulous little demitasse cup and saucer set from the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, in the sought after "Silhouette" pattern. Dramatic in black on white, if we peek inside the cup we see George taking Martha Washington's hand preparing to dance. "Silhouette" china was used by the C&O as companion ware to the breathtaking "George Washington" service plate with its massive gold encrusted rim. This tiny cup and saucer are in lovely condition with only the lightest of surface marks and ...
$265 USDDenver & Rio Grande Railroad "Curecanti" Small China Platter
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Denver & Rio Grande
This beautiful little platter was made for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in its elegant "Curecanti" pattern. This platter dates from the very earliest 1900s and is described in "Dining on Rails" (Luckin) as D&RG-2a. This platter measures approximately 8 inches long x 4 inches wide. It is in lovely condition with bright, clean base china and very clear top logo. There are light surface utensil marks that can't be seen unless you tilt the plate in bright light and look for them. NO glaze loss! ...
$235 USDNew York Central RR "Mercury" Single Pedestal China Egg Cup
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:New York Central:Nycrr:Mercury
This adorable little egg cup is in the "Mercury" pattern from the New York Central Railroad. It is creamy tan china with a brown NYC decorating one side, standing tall on a fragile pedestal base. It is approximately 2-1/2 inches tall. Condition is near mint. There are NO chips, cracks, flakes, spider cracks or repairs. There "might" be just the tiniest few drops of extra glaze puddled in the inside bottom but this is the way it was made, and does NOT show for display. A very hard to find ...
$329 USD SaleSALE Baltimore & Ohio RR "Centenary" Blue China Cup Cover
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Baltimore & Ohio
Here is a scarce cover for a "streamline" style coffee cup, in the long-loved cobalt blue "Centenary" pattern from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. It is in beautiful, as new condition with no chips, cracks, flakes, spiders or repairs. It looks as close to mint as not-new china can be. At approximately 3-1/2 inches across with a double bottom rim, this lid fits the "streamline" style cup (taller, with straight sides) as shown in our last photograph. It is the full rim version; NOT the "notched ...
$99 USD SaleSALE NY Central Railroad China "Mercury" Dinner Plate - USA Postage INCLUDED
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:New York Central:Nycrr:Mercury
This dinner plate is a harder to find piece of New York Central Railroad "Mercury" china. It is a full 9 inches across, and has the desirable complete backmark with railroad stamping: DESIGN COPYRIGHTED / MADE ESPECIALLY FOR / NEW YORK CENTRAL beneath its Syracuse China mark, with a date code of 93-C (March 1964). This plate is the rust/orange on ivory china version of Mercury ware. It displays very well with a good, crisp top design of 12 narrow, vertical stripes incorporating the NYC top logo. ...
$580 USD SaleSALE Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 1930s "Centenary" pattern individual tea pot - PRISTINE
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Baltimore & Ohio
Here is an absolutely wonderful little individual tea pot from the B&O Railroad in their much loved "Centenary" pattern. This tea pot is in pristine, as close to mint condition as not-new china can be. We could not find anything wrong with it. Even the spout is perfect. There are no hidden repairs. It is a brilliant white with intricate cobalt blue decorations. At first glance it resembles flow blue china, but the artwork is crisp and clear, not blurred, and does not show through the base ware. ...
$78 USD ReducedREDUCED Prairie Mt. Wildflowers RR backmarked Southern Pacific china soup plate
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Southern Pacific
This is a railroad backmarked Southern Pacific RR china rimmed soup plate, 7-3/8 inches across and 1-1/4 inches high. It is in very nice display condition with beautiful, strong shiny glaze and brightly colored flowers. PLEASE LOOK AT ALL THE PHOTOS FOR CLOSE-UPS! This plate is correctly backstamped Syracuse China Econo-Rim Trade Mark Patented. The date code is difficult to read but we are making an educated guess (with our jeweler’s magnifier) that it is 3-HH (March 1953). In addition it has a ...
$199 USD SaleSALE Boston & Albany Railroad "Berkshire" pattern china pedestal compote by Syracuse China
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Boston & Albany
Here is a graceful and rare compote (or comport) from the glory days of rail passenger transportation. This piece is in the sophisticated "Berkshire" pattern and it would be lovely in any collection of better railway dining car items. This compote, an eyecatching 7 inches across the bowl, was made by Syracuse China. It has an excellent, very clear top RR logo in which BOSTON & ALBANY RAILROAD in green surrounds an orange oval in which appears NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES. (The B&A RR was part of the ...
$185 USDTWO AVAILABLE: Illinois Central Railroad "PIRATE" China Dinner Plate
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Illinois Central
TWO ARE AVAILABLE: Here is a big, bold “Pirate” china dinner plate from the Illinois Central Railroad. This plate is a full 10 inches in diameter and is in excellent condition with glossy, strong glaze and only light-moderate expected utensil wear (not easily seen unless you tilt the plate in bright light -- no significantly worn spots). It has absolutely no cracks, chips, flakes, spiders, hairlines or repairs. Around the rim, five swashbuckling pirates stand by palm trees watching tall ships ...
$85 USD SaleSALE Pullman Railroad china: tiny handled pitcher or individual creamer
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Pullman:Indian Tree
This adorable individual china handled creamer with a dark green PULLMAN top logo on the side is in extremely nice condition. It is only 2-3/4 inches tall from the tip of the spout to the table. It has absolutely no chips, cracks, flakes, spider cracks or other damage, nor does it have any of the stress cracks in the handle as happens so often to this type of pitcher. The brightly colored floral pattern with rim bands is called “Indian Tree,” and it was used by Pullman for many years. There is ...
$139 USD Offers ConsideredSALE Denver & Rio Grande Western RR "Prospector" Dinner Plate
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Denver & Rio Grande Western
This beautiful big china dinner plate is a great example of the “Prospector” pattern used by the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. It is ivory colored china with a sophisticatedly simple cobalt decoration incorporating the“Rio Grande” name set off with a single rim stripe. This plate is a full size 9-inch dinner plate. CONDITION: We would like to call it near mint. There are some exceedingly light surface scratches that are difficult to find even in bright light. The glaze is incredibly ...
$165 USD SaleSALE Denver & Rio Grande Western RR China "Prospector" Platter
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Denver & Rio Grande Western
This beautiful big china platter is a great example of the “Prospector” pattern used by the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. It is ivory colored china with a sophisticatedly simple cobalt blue decoration incorporating the“Rio Grande” name set off with a single rim stripe. This plate is a very nice mid-size at approximately 9-1/4 inches wide by 11-1/4 inches long. It has an attractive deeper well design with “Rio Grande” nicely centered at the top. CONDITION: “Not quite near mint.” The glaze ...
$125 USDSanta Fe "California Poppy" Railroad China Tea Pot
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Santa Fe
This pretty teapot is from the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad (a/k/a Santa Fe), made by Syracuse China. It is authentic heavy railroad ordered ware. The pattern is "California Poppy" with two beautiful full blooms on the "right" side and two buds opposite. It is an individual size holding approximately 2 cups, with a molded tab lid that prevents it from falling off the pot when tipped. This teapot has a correct Syracuse China bottom marking with date code of Z-3 (March 1945). Although it ...
$359 USD SaleSALE New Haven Railroad china "Indian Tree" larger milk pitcher - hard to find size
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:New Haven:Indian Tree
This larger (1-pint) milk pitcher from the New York New Haven & Hartford ("New Haven") Railroad was made by Shenango China in the sought after “Indian Tree” pattern. This pitcher (too big to be called a creamer) is fully bottom marked Shenango China / Newcastle Pa / Made Expressly For the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. / Distributed by F. E. Fowler Co., New Haven, Conn. It has the full color Indian decal dating it from between 1912 and the 1920s. This pitcher is a very hard size to ...
$69 USD Offers ConsideredSALE Fred Harvey RR "Early Harvey Girl" Porcelain China Souvenir Doll Figurine
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Fred Harvey:Souvenir:Early Harvey Girl
Here is an “Early Harvey Girl” porcelain china doll figurine, one of the most desirable collectibles from the restaurants run by famous railway restaurateur Fred Harvey. This little figurine is only 3 inches tall. She is in PRISTINE undamaged condition, with a base that is correctly marked EARLY HARVEY GIRL. These figurines were available for patrons to purchase at the souvenir shops in Fred Harvey restaurants along the Santa Fe route. The “Early Harvey Girl” is shown/mentioned in both “Dining ...
$92 USD"Milwaukee Road" RR Butter Pat, Peacock Pattern
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Chicago Milwaukee Road St. Paul & Pacific:Cmstp&P:Milwaukee Road:P
This is an attractive butter pat in the "Peacock" pattern of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad ("Milwaukee Road"). It has blue scallops over the molded rim Econo-Rim design (a Syracuse China exclusive) and is 3 inches across. It is in very nice condition, with strong bright colors, sharp detail and very shiny glaze. It is absolutely free of chips, cracks, flakes or hairlines. There are a very few tiny utensil scratches but these are difficult to see unless you turn the pat in ...
$730 USD SaleSALE Santa Fe Railroad china "Mimbreno" Demitasse Cup & Saucer Set - USA POSTAGE INCLUDED!
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Santa Fe
Here is an absolutely gorgeous little demitasse set from the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, in the sought after Mimbreno pattern. Both cup and saucer are in perfect undamaged condition and BOTH of them are railroad backmarked! The little cup is bottom marked simply "Made Expressly for Santa Fe Dining Service," while the saucer carries the full railroad bottom stamp over a Syracuse China marking. Looking closely we can see the Syracuse date code 12-EE which translates into December 1950. ...
$150 USD SaleSALE NY,NY&H Railroad China "Platinum Blue" Demitasse Cup/Saucer Set
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:New Haven:Platinum Blue
Here is a sweet little after-dinner size cup and saucer set from the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. BOTH cup and saucer are railroad bottom marked: MADE EXPRESSLY FOR N-Y-N-H & H-R-R-Co / FURNISHED BY THOMPSON WINCHESTER Co / BOSTON . The pattern is "Platinum Blue," with pale silvery-gray blue base ware (resembling Buffalo China's "Blue Lune"); the decoration is all white: rim bands and "cameos" of classic nude figures. This pattern was used by the New Haven RR in their formal dining ...
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