Amberstone Fiesta Production: 1967 – 1973 The Magnificant Amberstones The Homer Laughlin China Co., often known as HLC, introduced Amberstone in 1967, which was just three years before the Fiesta line was restyled to become Ironstone. The line sold under the name of Genuine Sheffield dinnerware and was produced exclusively for supermaket promotions. Several large grocery store chains offered Amberstone […]
Vintage Fiesta Production: January, 1936 – 1973 Here’s the Good Stuff I gotten countless questions over the years from people asking about the “old Fiestaware dishes that my grandparents had.” Here is a brief Vitage Fiesta 101 course which would bring you up to speed on these colorful kitchenware collectibles. In the beginning, Fiesta was designed by Frederick
Vintage Fiesta Relish Tray Production: November, 1935 – late 1946 The colorful relish tray in the vintage Fiesta line from Homer Laughlin may be one of its most photographed, talked about pieces. There are five individual sections: four trays and a centerpiece that is called a coaster. The base of the set is refered to as a pie plate. HLC originally
Vintage Fiesta Disc Pitcher Production: 1936 – 1969 You ought to be in pitchers. You’re wonderful to see. You oughta be in pitchers, Oh what a hit you would be! from Ziegfield Follies of 1934 (Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest) Homer Laughlin incorparates the essence of the line of Fiesta china in the disk pitcher. It was one of
Vintage Fiesta Cup and Saucer Production: 1936 – 1969 “Is that a storm in your teacup, or are those just clouds in your coffee?“ – Unknown Homer Laughlin produced a genuine classic with its original cup and saucer for the Fiesta line. It has a flat inside bottom and a hand-turned foot. Until the 1960s, the cup featured
Vintage Fiesta Carafe Production: 1935 – 1946 “Ah, I’ll have a carafe of your house whiskey.“ – Unknown The carafe has been produced in both the vintage Fiesta line, as well as for the Post86 line. Otherwise, there are few similarities, with the Post 86 Fiesta carafe being significantly less ambitious. The vintage carafe is a remarkable piece,
Vintage Medium Green Fiesta Production: 1961 – 1969 The Medium Green Is the Message If green is the color of money, serious Fiesta collectors will need to be glowing with it to collect this color of vintage Fiesta. Introduced in 1961, it was the last color in the original Fiesta dinnerware line. HLC reinstated red in 1959, but by this
Vintage Gray Fiesta Production: 1951 – 1959 “I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray, you wore blue.” – Rick – Casablanca Gray Gardens Gray is part of what’s called Vintage Fiesta’s 50’s colors. Along with forest green, rose and chartreuse, these replaced the outgoing original colors blue, light green and ivory. HLC officially produced gray for nine years, but during this
Vintage Chartreuse Fiesta Production: 1951 – 1959 It’s Not Lime, It’s Chartreuse For the fabulous fifties, Homer Laughlin took the boss step to add one of its most distinctive colors to its line of Fiesta china, chartreuse. Can you dig it, Daddy-O? Produced for only ten years, and in lower quantity than the original Fiesta colors, collecting vintage chartreuse
Vintage Rose Fiesta Production: 1951 – 1959 The Glaze with the Thorn in Its Side Is there a lovelier pastel in the vintage Fiesta palate than rose? Produced for only ten years, and in lower quantity than the original Fiesta colors, collecting vintage rose can be a challenge. Rose was introduced along with forest green, gray and chartreuse ushering in a more delicate,
Vintage Forest Green Fiesta Production: 1951 – 1959 The Mighty Forest Green By 1950, Homer Laughlin decided it was time to make changes to the colors in the Fiesta line. One of these changes was to retire green, and find it’s replacement. In a deprature from tradition, HLC’s choices of 50’s colors incicated that not all Fiesta should be pastels
Vintage Turquoise Fiesta Production: 1936 – 1969 Turquoise for Two Homer Laughlin added a sixth color to the Fiesta line, turquoise. It’s a spectacular hue that stands out, and proved popular staying into production up to the end of Fiesta’s run in 1969. The vintage turquoise glaze is much brighter than the Post86 turquoise. Vintage turquoise is truly
Vintage Ivory Fiesta Production: 1936 – 1951 Plates for Your Ivory Tower Ivory was one of the original five colors in the Fiesta dinnerware line, and part of the first production beginning in 1936. Ivory was produced until 1951, when HLC decided to add and delete colors. It was followed by the 1950’s color gray. Check here to see what other
Vintage Yellow Fiesta Production: 1936 – 1969 Yellow was one of the original five colors in the Fiesta line. In 1936, after deciding upon the colors red, blue and green, Frederick Rhead noted in his journal, “The next obvious color was yellow, and this had to be toned halfway between the red and the green. Only the most
Vintage Green Fiesta Production: 1936 – 1951 How Green Were My Dishes? Green was one of the original five colors in the Fiesta dinnerware line, and part of the first production beginning in 1936. The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Fiesta by the Huxford’s quotes Fredrick Rhead in his notes “With the (colors) red and blue apparently settled, we decided a green
Vintage Blue Fiesta Production: 1936 – 1951 Fiesta Blues Blue was one of the original five colors in the Fiesta dinnerware line, and part of the first production beginning in 1936. Blue was produced until 1951, when HLC decided to add and delete colors. It wasn’t seen again until the company picked it up again for the Post86 revival, as cobalt
Vintage Red Fiesta Production: 1936 – 1943 & 1959 – 1972 Radioactive Red Fiesta Instantly recognizable, this orange-tinted red was one of the original five colors when Fiesta was introduced in 1937. Red was the simplest choice because business demand indicated that color would be commerically successful. This continues up to today, since Scarlet Red persists as the top-selling color of Fiesta.