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Pacific Coast Ship China
Jacques Marc
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Description for Pacific Coast Ship China
Hardcover. Num Pages: 182 pages, 300+ colour & 80 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AFP; WCN; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 241 x 17. Weight in Grams: 890.
At the height of Pacific-coast steamship travel in the late 1800s and early 1900s, passengers enjoyed a sit-down 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 old dock sites and on shipwrecks.Pacific Coast Ship China identifies and dates shipping china used along the Pacific coast of North America. It covers china used on vessels and in-shore establishments of shipping organizations registered in Alaska, Yukon Territory, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho and Hawaii; it describes patterns used in coastal, intercoastal ... Read more
At the height of Pacific-coast steamship travel in the late 1800s and early 1900s, passengers enjoyed a sit-down 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 old dock sites and on shipwrecks.Pacific Coast Ship China identifies and dates shipping china used along the Pacific coast of North America. It covers china used on vessels and in-shore establishments of shipping organizations registered in Alaska, Yukon Territory, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho and Hawaii; it describes patterns used in coastal, intercoastal ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Royal British Columbia Museum Canada
Number of pages
182
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
889 g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, Canada
ISBN
9780772659798
SKU
V9780772659798
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-14
About Jacques Marc
Jacques Marc has spent 25 years diving on and documenting historic shipwrecks around the province of British Columbia. His interest in ship china began in the mid 1980s when he found a Canadian Pacific Steamship cup while diving under an abandoned dock site. To prepare for writing this book, he visited several maritime museums and private collectors to document their ... Read more
Reviews for Pacific Coast Ship China
Mr. Marc has provided us with a reference that is authoritative, concise and exhaustive, while at the same time fascinating and fun to travel through. Pacific Coast Ship China is one of the most original and brilliant nautical books to be published this year. Gordon Ghareeb, Steamboat Bill