Dishes, ivory chopsticks, spoon.
Two small sauce or sesame seed dishes:
Smaller Four Seasons pattern plates and dishes. The two smallest are sauce dishes. This pattern was called Four Seasons or Four Flowers pattern because each of the four flowers in the design blossomed in one of the four seasons of the year. It was a favorite pattern of the Chinese of the Pacific North West.
Large plate with a small plate, the two sauce dishes, and spoons. All Four Seasons pattern. I picked up most of the Four Seasons items from a tiny shop on Pender Street in Vancouver's Chinatown 30 years ago. The owner was a caligrapher and painter and also sold local collectables on consignment.
Spoons, various patterns.
Four Seasons pattern spoons, various designs.
Three smaller bowls shown with the two sauce dishes, Four Seasons pattern.
Smaller bowls, a cup and two liquor cups. Celadon and Bamboo patterns, used in Vancouver, BC.
Two more smaller bowls, one bamboo pattern and one celadon. These date pre 1900 and were used in a Chinese restaurant at Angels Camp, Ca.--
This is a "double happiness" bowl from Vancouver BC's Chinatown. The maker's mark is near the inside centre of the bowl---
Attributes of the Eight Immortals pattern: Sauce pourer, two liquor warmer/servers, a covered bowl, bowl, five tea cups, wine cup. The pieces on the left are a red-orange, the other pieces are a lighter yellow-orange. This pattern seems to have only these two body colours with perhaps some minor variations. You can see similar pieces in the Asian American Comparative Collection illustrations.
Larger bowls-- Three of these came from the old Chinese restaurant in Keremeos.
Cups-- Three Attributes of the Eight Immortals pattern, three Four Seasons pattern, two Rose Medallion pattern.
Sauce servers-- On the left is an Attributes of the Eight Immortals pattern server. Next to it is a Four Seasons pattern server.
This is a unique sauce pot/dispenser. I have never seen one like it before--- from Vancouver's Chinatown. The clay body and brown glaze are the same as the you find on the larger soy pots. The Canadian Loony coin is shown for size comparison---
Here is a liquor warmer/server-- with liquor cups (liquor cups are Four Seasons pattern). I found 4 of these tiny cups in Victoria, BC and then obtained a fairly large quantity from San Francisco's Chinatown.
This is a sweet pea pattern liquor warmer/server-- with liquor cups (liquor cups are Four Seasons pattern). There is one of these in the Asian American Comparative Collection and one has recently been added to the Barkerville Chinese Museum display.
Sweet pea pattern items pictured here to display them together-- 2 wine pourers and an ink or brush wash bottle.
This is a large serving plate used at the Warrendale Fish Cannery, in Warrendale, Oregon by the Chinese workers in the late 1800s. Shards of these were found at the digs in the 1960s--
Two cooking or serving dishes-- the large one measures over 7" in diameter:
Here is a herb cooker/rice steamer/teapot found behind the Yan Wah store in Barkerville, BC in the 1960s. Roy has one in his collection from Cumberland, BC.
Small representative collection of restaurant ware--
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