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Canadian National

Forest Green Pattern

  HCC-2073    ashtray / match holder    (3-) light wear, but substantial gold wear  (Hall)   $40.00
                                  
  HCC-2567    candleholder    (2-) moderate used condition  (Hall)   $85.00

Mustard Yellow Pattern

  HCC-3384   plate   7 1/2"  (1-)  very light used condition  (Haviland / Limoges)  $35.00

Puritan Pattern

  HSC-2426    table spoon  7 1/4"  (3+) moderate used condition  (IS)    $13.00
  HSC-3245    table spoon  7 1/4"  (3) moderate used condition  (IS)     $13.00

??? Pattern (#180 as per Silver At Your Service)

  HSC-3049    table spoon  7 1/4"  (3+) moderate used condition  (McGlashan Clarke)  $12.50
  HSC-2827    table spoon  7 1/4"  (3) good used condition  (McGlashan Clarke)   $10.00

Canadian Pacific

Floral Pattern

  HCC-2776    plate   8"   (2-) moerate used condition  (Sovereign)     $50.00

Ornamented Green Monogram Pattern (used at The Royal Alexandra in Winnipeg, Manitoba)

  HCC-3552    saucer   5 1/2"   (1) mint condition  (Hammersley)     $33.00

Baronet Pattern (topmarked "CP Hotels" w/logo)

  HSC-2776    fork   7 1/4"   (2) light used condition  (Oneida)     $14.00

Flagler System (consisted of the Florida East Coast RR (Jacksonville to Key West), the Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Lines (Key West to Havana), and several famous Florida resort hotels, including the Ponce de Leon (St Augustine), the Royal Poinciana (Lake Worth) and The Breakers (next door in Palm Beach)

Grecian Pattern (backmarked "Flagler System")

  HSF-2854    fork   7 5/8"   (1-) light used condition  (IS)        $23.00 
                       
  HSF-2674    soup spoon   5 7/8"  (1-) light used condition  (IS)   $20.00 
                       
  HSF-2731    knife   9 3/4"  (1-) light used condition  (IS)        $23.00

Florida East Coast Hotels

  HSF-2581    cream pitcher   4 3/8" T  (1) near mint condition  (Reed & Barton)    $85.00 
                        
  HSF-2680    compote         3 3/4" W X 2 3/8" T  (2-) moderate used condition  (Victor, 1957)  
                                     $80.00

Fred Harvey

  HSF-3322   cream pitcher  4" T   (2+)  very light used condition  (Reed & Barton, 1948)   $120.00

Cromwell Pattern (top marked "Fred Harvey")

  HSF-3390   ice tea spoon   7 1/2" (2+)  light used condition  (Meriden)   $22.00

Grand Trunk Pacific (merged into CN in 1923)

Fort Garry Floral Pattern (used at the Fort Garry Hotel in downtown Winnipeg)

    (none currently in stock)

The Macdonald – Early Pattern (used at The Macdonald Hotel in downtown Edmonton)

  HCG-3482    plate   8"  (2) light used condition  (Grindley)  (Sold)  
  (note that this is not the usual "Macdonald" Pattern plate, which is similar but has different coloring 
   and a floral design.  This is also the only known example of a GTP back marked Hotel Macdonald plate.
   This is probably the first pattern used at the Hotel Macdonald and dating to near 1915, when it opened.)

Hampton Casino / Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Ry.

Hampton Pattern (used at the Hampton Casino on the beach at Hampton, N.H.)

  HCH-3579     5 3/4"   oval bowl  (4) moderate use, but fissure in side
            (Greenwood)   $80.00

Hotel Martinique (a New York City landmark - 16 stories, at the corner of 32nd St and Broadway. Built between 1897 and 1911 in the Beaux Artes style, it is now part of the Radisson chain.

    (see plate listed for Hotel McAlpin below)

Hotel McAlpin (once a New York City landmark - 15 stories, 1500 rooms at the corner of 34th St and Avenue of The Americas. It was home of the famed "Marine Grill" - "an expansive grotto of flowing, polychrome terra cotta". Claimed to be "one of the most memorable spaces in New York". It was built in 1912. The restaurant was closed in the 1940's, later re-open by other operators, and demolished in the late 1980's.)

  HCM-2818   demitasse cup & saucer   (both 4) cup has crack in handle and rim fissure, saucer has glaze crack in well
          otherwise both nice.  (cup Bauscher, saucer Bauscher, 1931)        $20.00 

  HCM-2653   sugar bowl  3 1/2" W  (3+) light used cond /w/ tight rim fissure  (Lamberton)         $10.00 
                                                                           
  HCM-2739   plate   7 7/8"  (3) moderate used cond , but w/ shaved rim flakes  (Bauscher, 1926)   $10.00
             (marked for both Hotel McAlpin and Hotel Martinique)

Key Route Inn

  HSK-3170   knife    8 1/2" T   (4)  heavy wear on blade, otherwise very good  $50.00

Netherland Plaza (located in Cincinnati - now a Hilton and National Historic Landmark)

  HCN-2672    Bowl 6 3/8"  (1) very near mint condition  (Shenango, 1940's era)     $20.00

Union Pacific

Zion Pattern

    (none currently in stock - also see UP Cheyenne Pattern on the railroad china page)

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