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Railroads paid a lot of attention to their china, often employing custom patterns. Nowadays collectors prize this china. A pattern may have included plates, saucers, coffee cups, demitasse cups, compotes, teapots, chocolate pots, butter pats, egg cups, bouillon cups, ashtrays, and others. Within any category such as plates or teapots, there may be different sizes, manufacturers, and slight variations in the pattern. China thats explicitly marked for a railroad is especially valued - some railroads used stock patterns without explicit railroad markings.
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The Staffordshire potters, always eager for new designs, were quick to incorporate the locomotive, as it appeared f… [more]

Many people are fascinated by railroads. At one time, railroads were connected to most aspects of community and eco… [more]

I’m the curator of the ceramics bit of the Bowes Museum. It’s a big museum with 30 galleries of which three or four… [more]

I started as a collector and I’m a web designer, so I thought I would design a website from my passion. I threw it … [more]

My husband Bill always loved trains and my grandfather had been an executive with the Denver and Rio Grande here. W… [more]

If you've ever wondered how to tell real from fake railroad china, or how brass baggage tags originated, this extre… [read review or visit site]

Jan-Erik Nilsson's extensive reference on antique Chinese porcelain. Jam-packed with information (e.g. on porcelain… [read review or visit site]

Mark Gonzalez's fantastic American Dinnerware site features a comprehensive index of potteries along the upper Ohio… [read review or visit site]

Dedicated to Watt Pottery collectors everywhere, this site features an extensive database on Watt creations includi… [read review or visit site]

The museum with the world's largest collection of Worcester porcelain is a good starting point for beginning collec… [read review or visit site]

Don't miss this collaborative reference guide to china and dinnerware used in public, commercial venues. The site c… [read review or visit site]

Steve Birks' super deep site is a tribute to a bygone era, chronicling how a pottery center of excellence (they did… [read review or visit site]

This gallery showcases 2,130 of the 5,000 items in the museum's ceramics collection dating from 1500-1900. Include… [read review or visit site]

A great reference on ceramics from the Victoria and Albert Museum. Learn about different ceramics techniques and st… [read review or visit site]

This website boasts hundreds of beautiful ceramics items with detailed descriptions. Start browsing here, and keep … [read review or visit site]

This microsite from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts features objects from the Institute’s permanent collection,… [read review or visit site]
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