Restaurant ware
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Restaurant ware, or most commonly hotelware,[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] is vitrified, ceramic tableware which exhibits high mechanical strength and is produced for use in hotels and restaurants.[9] Tableware used in railway dining cars, passenger ships and airlines are also included in this category.
Collectable hotelware was usually made of stoneware or ironstone china during the early to mid-20th century. Examples from the 19th century are also collectable, but rarer.