Syracuse China Identifying Patterns Guide 2  

 Popular 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, this guide will be on more popular designs. I will have one on Hotel & restaurant designs & another on rare or hard to find patterns.

COLONIAL

 Colonial a very pretty pattern, one of my favorites. Has pink rose, parrot tulip & yellow daffodils.

LODGE

Officially named LODGE by Syracuse China, I have seen it called pinecones or pines & needles. This design was once used by The Lake Placid Club and was also sold a few years ago in the LL Bean catalog.

Roxbury

Roxbury A beautiful pattern that was designed in the 1940's after the apron of one of the factory workers. This pattern is most often seen in red, but was made in brown & green as well. Although it is a stock pattern, the red version was used by the Kansas Southern Railroad. Made in a dinnerware also as MAYFLOWER

Madame Butterfly

Pretty pattern in a peach color with airbrushed rose, can also be found with a gold trim.

DeWitt Clinton

Named after a former govenor of NY state, Dewitt Clinton was often referred to as the Father of the Erie Canal. Lovely pheasant bird atop a branch & oriental looking flowers. A very popular Syracuse design.

FLORA OF THE SOUTH

I collect this pattern myself, pretty hibiscus, poinsettia, & bouganvillea, I love it. NOTE the black pinstripe. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad used this design with a light green pinstripe. That pattern is very sought after. (if you have any email me LOL)

Oakleigh & Old Cathay

Oakleigh is a nice airbrushed leae pattern in a blue color, Old Cathay is a blue oriental design.

Coralbel, Windswept & Wayside

Coralbel,Windswept & Wayside are all 3 dinnerware rather than restaurantware. Coralbel was part of the Old Ivory line & Windswept & Wayside were part of the Carefree China Line. Note this is the design from a Wayside creamer, the various pieces have different fruits on them, pears, apples, grapes & cherries.

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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