CMStP&P Railroad China PIONEER Olympian Hiawatha ~Buffeteria~ Saucer Syracuse

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4 CMStP&P Railroad China PIONEER Olympian Hiawatha ~Buffeteria~ Saucers Syracuse
Up for auction is a GREAT vintage coffee saucer in the "Pioneer" pattern made by Syracuse China. This was a pattern which the Milwaukee had customized with a special color combination for the railroad for use in the "Buffeteria" buffet car on the Olympian Hiawatha making this an "Exclusive Use" pattern. Can be seen on pgs. 140 & 141 of Luckin's
Dining on Rails
pattern "
MILW-8 PIONEER
" and pgs. 42 & 83 of McIntyre's
The Official Guide to Railroad Dining Car China
. Olive green  with mustard gold pinstripe on white body. Pieces were never backstamped for the railroad. Milwaukee ordered 4 pieces in this pattern - a squared salad plate, round bread plate, small tea saucer and a dolphin shaped coffee/tea cup. The pattern was first ordered in 1952 & last ordered in 1968.
Marked on the back with the Syracuse China USA mark as shown & date coded 9-KK (September 1956). Excellent near-mint / mint condition. No chips, cracks or crazing. Very few if any use marks (please enlarge pics). Super - Shiny glaze surface. Saucer measures about 5 1/4" diameter.
Hard-to-find piece of dining car china for the Milwaukee Road collector. Don't miss out !!!
BID PRICE IS FOR ONE SAUCER. MULTIPLES AVAILABLE - ALL SAME CONDITION WITH SAME DATE CODE.
O.P.CO. Syracuse China (Onondaga Pottery Co.) of Syracuse, New York was one of the major US suppliers of heavy-weight commercial restaurant ware topmarked logo china to railroads, steamships, hotels & diners and company cafeterias as well as all branches of the US Military. Decorating techniques such as applied decalomania / transferware, hand painting, gold vermeil and airbrush / shadowtone were used. Fine china production ceased circa 1971, but production of restaurant grade china continued. In the mid-1980's Syracuse purchased both the Shenango & Mayer China brands & produced both Shenango & Mayer branded china at the Syracuse China plant until 2009 when Syracuse China closed their doors & moved all operations overseas
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