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Identifying Syracuse China Patterns #4 MORE DESIGNS!
Syracuse China began operation in 1871 as Onondaga Pottery Company (OPCO) & still continues to produce china today in Syracuse New York. They are most widely known for their restaurant, hotel & railroad dining car china, although they have made fine china also. I will be writing several guides to try to help you as a buyer or seller identify some of their patterns & designs. They have made thousands of designs & it would be near impossible to identify them all. I have been selling Syracuse China on EBAY for about 5 years. SADLY I have NOT saved all of my pictures. I just recently decided to start saving them so I could write a guide. Therefore my pictures are limited. Each EBAY guide can only have 10 photographs each. This is the main reason I have to divide up the patterns into seperate guides. It may take me awhile to get all the patterns I have listed, as I have to do this in my spare time (of which I do not have much!) My first guide was on Railroad China patterns, the second guide was on more popular designs. The third on Restaurant & Hotel Designs. This one continues with yet more designs!
STRAWBERRY HILL
You will see this design many times over on EBAY. It has been produced by Syracuse for many years & is still produced today. There are a lot of collectors & even though it is pretty prolific, the serving pieces are still harder to find. There is matching glassware to this design. It has been made in the past in blue & I have seen it called Blueberry Hill, I am not sure if that is the official Syracuse name or not!
WAKEFIELD
Pretty red transfer pattern, I have also seen it in green. Looks similar to a McNicol design Montgomery.
BOCA RATON
Unusual design in the fact that it is all hand painted, not a transfer. There are small pinkish / lavender flowers on handle of creamer also. I do not know what connection it has to Boca Raton Florida.
CHARMAINE
A beautiful red transfer design of red roses. I like this pattern. I have a large 12" charger plate from 1950, I use it to serve cookies & desserts.
GRECIAN
The name rather speaks for itself. Grecian figures decorate the rim.
FANFARE
A Mid Century Modern Design
FLIGHT
Another Mid Century Design. You won't see this as often as Fanfare above
MOBILE
Yet Another Mid Century Modern Design. Again one that you won't see that often.
As I said earlier this is only a touch of the many designs made by Syracuse China, but I hope it is of some value to you. If you are a collector or seller you might want to look into purchasing the following books here on EBAY.
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The Official Guide Railroad Dining Car China by Doug McIntyre
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Dining on Rails An Encyclopedia of Railroad China by Richard Luckin
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