Hi Barb,

For the subset of ironstone with molded wheat patterns (and a decent
summary introduction to ironstone in general), there is Lynn Sussman's
Illustrated Survey of the Wheat Pattern published by Parks Canada and
available for free as a .pdf at

http://www.sha.org/documents/research/Parks_Canada_Resources/The%20Wheat%20Pattern%20-%20An%20Illustrated%20Survey%20-%20English.pdf

I've had little luck in the hotel china department, specifically looking
for information on the standard patterns produced. There is lots out there
in the collectors' literature on custom pieces made for specific
hotels/restaurants/liners/etc., but that's not my interest.

That said, I have had some success at the Restaurant Wares Collectors'
Network, and was able to find scanned copies of production catalogs for
the potteries I was looking for. They are at
http://www.restaurantwarecollectors.com

Regards,
Megan.

> Hi HistArch'ers
>
> I'm looking for recommendations for articles and reference books for
> analysis of late 19th century (1860-1890) whitewares, white improved
> earthenwares, ironstones, and hotel china.
>
> We have a solid set of reference books for transfer print pattern
> identification and maker's mark identification, but fewer resources for
> identifying molded ironstone patterns and hand-painted floral/vegetal
> patterns.
>
> We are currently using Wetherbee's books on white ironstone ("A collectors
> guide" "a look at white ironstone" and "a second look at white ironstone")
> as well as Dieringer's "White Ironstone China Identification Guide" and
> Conroy's two-volume set, "Restaurant China."
>
> Any suggestions would be gratefully welcomed -
>
> --Barb
>
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