Description
Pacific Coast Ship China
Jacques Marc
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- Published: July 2009
- Subject Listing: Maritime History, Antiques and Collectibles
- Bibliographic information: 240 pp., 460 illus., 400 in color, 8.5 x 10 in.
- Territorial rights: U.S. rights only
- Distributed for: UBC Press
- Series: Royal BC Museum
- Contents
At the height of Pacific-coast steamship travel in the late 1800s and early 1900s, passengers enjoyed a dinner served on china with silver flatware. Today, the only places you can still find this china is at flea markets and antique shops or by diving at dock sites and shipwrecks.
Pacific Coast Ship China identifies and dates ship china used along the Pacific coast of North America. It covers china used by shipping organizations registered in Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho and Hawaii; it describes patterns used in coastal, intercoastal and transpacific services. In addition to passenger vessels, it documents the china used by freighter operations, oil companies, government services and yacht clubs.
An important feature of this book is a chapter of brief histories of 75 companies and government agencies that operated ships on the Pacific coast. This guide identifies more than 280 china patterns and provides essential information for collectors, museum technicians and divers. It's also an important resource for anyone interested in the history of Pacific coast shipping, transportation or commerce.
Jacques Marc is a diver and has been collecting ship china for more than a dozen years. He is a member of the Underwater Archaeological Society of British Columbia and has coordinated the inventory of several shipwrecks along the coast. He has also written numerous articles and reports on shipwrecks and collecting ship china.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. The Rise and Fall of Steamship Service on the Pacific Coast
2. Dining On Board
3. Ship China
4. Histories of Shipping Companies and Government Services
5. Identifying Ship China
6. Using Decorations and Design Elements to Establish Origin
7. Dating Ship China
8. Value and Rarity
9. Identifying and Dating Patterns
Appendix 1. British Registration Marks
Appendix 2. China Manufacturers
Appendix 3. China Distributors
Appendix 4. Conserving Dive Recovered China
Glossary
Selected References
Acknowledgements
Index
Introduction
1. The Rise and Fall of Steamship Service on the Pacific Coast
2. Dining On Board
3. Ship China
4. Histories of Shipping Companies and Government Services
5. Identifying Ship China
6. Using Decorations and Design Elements to Establish Origin
7. Dating Ship China
8. Value and Rarity
9. Identifying and Dating Patterns
Appendix 1. British Registration Marks
Appendix 2. China Manufacturers
Appendix 3. China Distributors
Appendix 4. Conserving Dive Recovered China
Glossary
Selected References
Acknowledgements
Index
Reviews
