Restaurant China by Barbara J. Conroy 1999, Hardcover: items on eBay.com

Publisher's Note
Generally referred to as hotelware or commercial china in the foodservice industry, restaurant china includes some of the finest quality ware ever produced. In addition to restaurants, it is used on board public transportation, as well as in the dining areas of hotels, government facilities, corporations, airports, schools, hospitals, churches, clubs, casinos, and the like. While Volume 1 is presented by subjects such as airline, ship, railroad, military, government, casino, and western theme china, Volume 2 is organized alphabetically by manufacturer, with brief histories, product information, date codes, 950+ dated backstamps, nearly 900 color photographs with individual value ranges of ware predominantly used in restaurants, hotels, clubs, schools, and so forth with a sprinkling of the subjects offered in Volume 1, and more than 350 catalog pages. Coverage includes American as well as foreign china companies because both have played a significant role in the United States and worldwide foodservice industry. Of the main 136 manufacturers, primary are Bauscher, Buffalo, Carr, H.F. Coors, Greenwood, Grindley, Hall, Haviland, Iroquois, Jackson, Homer Laughlin, John Maddock and Sons, Maddock Pottery, Mayer, McNicol, Noritake, Ridgway, Rosenthal, Royal Doulton, Scammell, Shenango, Sterling, Syracuse, Tepco, Union Porcelain, Walker, Wallace, Warwick, and Wellsville. The extensive appendix includes an additional 89 manufacturers and 146 distributors, along with capsule histories and dated logos of 114 hotel and 170 restaurant chains. Particularly useful is the lengthy index which contains a cross-reference to backstamps lacking the manufacturer's name. In truth, this book would be of valueto any dealer or collector of porcelain or vitrified china dinnerware.

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