SYRACUSE CHINA Pattern Identification Guide No. 7

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 third was strictly hotels & restaurants, one to come will be more rare pieces. This guide will just show you a variety of designs.

PEPPERMINT 

Peppermint is quite a common pattern & you will find it in green which is called Wintergreen.

NANTUCKET

This pretty design is Nantucket. I have seen it also in both a blue & green color.

EMBASSY

Embassy: Yet another fairly common design you will see. The official name for this style of bowl by the way is an oatmeal bowl!

MILLBROOK

An airbrushed or Shadowtone design Millbrook is a simple flower done in a pale green. Pretty though.

WILD ROSE

You may see a few variations of Wild Rose around, possibly with different colors on the rim.

Flamingo Reeds     

Flamingo Reeds was an interesting design Syracuse produced on their Shelledge China. Shelledge was made from 1936-1949.

PINECONE & NEEDLES

This classic pinecone design is said to have been designed by Gustav Stickley the famed arts & crafts designer. He was a resident of Syracuse & lived just a few blocks from my home. This pattern was more recently reproduced for LL Bean. This was the second pinecone design Syracuse made for LL Bean. The first was LODGE, which can be seen in guide #2.

State of MINNESOTA

Made for the State of Minnesota, this design features the state seal & the state flower the lady slipper. Smaller pieces have only the seal. The plates have the lady slipper along the rim.

SEARCHING FOR

SYRACUSE CHINA ON EBAY

When searching on EBAY for Syracuse China be sure to check  both

Pottery & Glass>Pottery & China>Syracuse China

Pottery & Glass> Pottery & China> Restaurantware

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.

The Official Guide Railroad Dining Car China by Doug McIntyre 

Dining on Rails An Encyclopedia of Railroad China by Richard Luckin

Restaurant China Volumes 1 & 2 by Barbara Conroy.

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