Manufacturers: Syracuse China and Buffalo China
Pattern name: Violets and Daisies
User: Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad, among many other establishments
Date of Syracuse cup: 1950; date of Syracuse cup with RR backstamp: 1939

Syracuse, no RR backstamp

Detail of backstamped Syracuse cup

Buffalo platter

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Notes: Violets and Daisies was a popular Syracuse stock pattern. Railroad experts note that the pattern, when backstamped (and also sometimes when not) was used by the CB&Q RR for many years. It was known as Violets and Daisies as both a stock and custom pattern.

Without a railroad backstamp, it is impossible to state whether an unmarked piece was used by the CB&Q. Marked pieces therefore tend to have more value as a railroad collectible than unmarked pieces.

Other known manufacturers of the pattern were Bauscher, Shenango and Haviland.

Sprays of white daisies and purple violets on white china.