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The above photo shows various china restaurantware naval antique platters, antique plates or bowls being displayed on a dining room table crafted from a restored WWII Liberty Ship Hatch Cover
Large WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Serving Platter - Note the cherry blossom in middle of anchor. There were two other identified patterns that the Imperial Japanese Navy used besides this one, Click HERE for Japanese Naval Collection.
Large WWII Third Reich German Kriegsmarine (translates: War Navy) Platters one with green stripes and the other with red stripes. On the bottom all German Navy or Kriegsmarine will have the Third Reich Eagle and below it a Swastika and below that a letter M. There is a third identified pattern with outside 2 thin stripes being gold and larger inner stripe being blue. Click HERE for More WWII German Kriegsmarine Navy Tableware
Large Royal Netherlands KriegsMarine (translates: War Navy) Tureen or Serving Bowl. Click HERE For More Royal Netherlands Kriegsmarine Navy Tableware
Medium Size Russian Navy or Soviet Union People's Navy Serving Dish. Click HERE For USSR Soviet Union Russian Navy Tableware
Above photos illustrate an 1890's to 1910 Austro Hungarian Navy large size serving platter 17" x 11.5". Click HERE For Kaiserliche und Konigliche (KuK) Kriegsmarine Porzellan Dinnerware and Tableware
Large Royal Canadian Navy Joint Armed Forces Serving Platter - Note the combined crossed swords, propeller and anchor. Click HERE For More Royal Canadian Navy Dinnerware
Royal Australian Navy 9" oval china platter with associated topmark. Click HERE For More Royal Australian Navy Dinnerware
Medium Size USCG US Coast Guard Serving Dish. Click HERE For More USCG Coast Guard Officer and Enlisted Mess Tableware
RARE Medium Size WWII to Vietnam era US Navy Wardroom Officer's Anchor 9" Oval Bowl with Flanged Sides. Click HERE For More Wardroom Officers Mess
RARE Medium Size WWII US Navy Captain's 9" Oval Bowl with Flanged Sides. Click HERE For More Captains Mess Tableware
Large Size (22" x 10" and heavy!) bottom dated 1898 US Navy Senior Officer's Fish Server - Pattern was verified to be in use as early as 1894. Click HERE For More Antique US Navy History Dinnerware Topmark Rank and Identification
Very Large Size (20" x 14" and heavy!) Civil War era ca 1860's US Navy Senior Officer's Turkey Server or Serving Platter or Bowl. Click HERE For More Antique US Navy History Dinnerware Topmark Rank and Identification
Large Size, (18" x 13" and heavy) 1880's to 1890's US Navy Officer's Meat Platter or Serving Platter. Note the simple square chain design around the rim without any other identifying topmark. The manufacturer's mark on the bottom is well known: "Greenwood China made expressly for the U.S. Navy - James M Shaw Co, NY". Click HERE For More Antique US Navy History Dinnerware Topmark Rank and Identification
Medium Size WWI to WWII US Navy Plain White Enlisted 10" Oval Serving Bowl. Bottom stamped Scammell U.S. Navy. Click HERE For More US Navy Enlisted Mess and Galley Dinnerware
Medium Size Vietnam-era USMC US Marine Corps 10" Serving Dish. Bottom stamped Syracuse China USMC. Click HERE For More USMC Marine Corps Officer and Enlisted Mess Tableware