Lucky for us, there are experts out there, and they have a website that may help you solve some of your restaurant ware mysteries. Restaurant Ware Collectors Network offers a forum, a great IDwiki, a fantastic collection of date codes and backstamps photos, and a list of links by category...including restaurant ware shops and eBay sellers, pattern identification and research, personal collections, transportation and military china, and manufacturers.
Here are a few examples of what you can find on the site. It's worth a look.
Cup of Joe on the Go The Museum of Vintage Cups |
Red Fox Restaurant Little Spoon's Virtual Museum of Restaurant China |
Display of flip-top bowls The Phillips-DeGrafft Flip-Top Collection |
A sample of Jackson China backstamps |
A sample of Iroquois China date codes |