Holloware

Holloware

Holloware (or hollowwarecite web| url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9040807/hollowware
title=Hollowware article|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|accessdate=2008-04-23
] ) is a term that refers to table service items such as sugar bowls, creamers, coffee pots, teapots, soup tureens, hot food covers, water pitchers, platters, butter pat plates and other metal items that went with the china on a dining car table. It does not include flatware. Holloware was constructed to last a long time. It differs from some other silverplated items in being made with thicker walls and more layers of silverplate.

Holloware is a type of railroad collectible (railroadiana). The relative value of pieces depends on their scarcity, age and condition, and the popularity of the trains the items were used on.

External links

* [http://www.railroadiana.org/holloware/pgHolloware.php Holloware page] from railroadiana.org

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