Fiesta Dishes. Info

Posted on August 20, 2009 by FiestaFan

Hi Collectors, Let’s talk about vintage relish trays. Production of relish trays began in late 1935 and was discontinued in late 1946. Of course the red was discontinued in 1944 when all the other red was halted. They were made is Red, Turquoise, Ivory, Yellow, Green, and Cobalt. We have a multi-colored relish tray in [...]

Posted on August 19, 2009 by FiestaFan

Greetings Collectors, The French Casserole was one of eight special campaign items offered from 1939 to 1942. The French Casserole is fairly rare. Ten years ago a French Casserole is excellent condition was worth about $250-$300. If you have one you want to price, go to http://www.get4it.com and look up your dish in the color [...]

Posted on August 18, 2009 by FiestaFan

The demitasse coffeepots are also referred to as “After Dinner” or A.D. because the coffeepot was designed to be used for after dinner drinks such as specialty coffees, hot chocolate, and warm toddies. The demitasse coffeepot is basically a scaled down version of the regular coffeepot with the exception of the handle. This coffeepot is [...]

Posted on August 18, 2009 by FiestaFan

Are you truly a Fiesta Fanatic? Try this quiz. Careful, the answers are shown at the bottom, so you may want to hide them from yourself. Fiesta Fanatic Quiz Are you a true fiesta fanatic or just a wannabe? Test your skills here! 1) Which color listed below was NOT one of the original Fiesta [...]

Posted on August 17, 2009 by FiestaFan

Collectors, Did you buy your new Lemongrass Fiestaware? It came out in Jume and has been moving up the popularity charts rapidly. Amazon keeps track of how popular items are in each catagory and Lemongrass has moved way ahead of Chocolate. Lemongrass Fiesta is to chartreuse as evergreen is to dark green. At some point [...]

Posted on August 17, 2009 by FiestaFan

I received a question from Jerry, an auctioner that has 6 yellow fiesta plates with red stripes. They have the fiesta logo on the back. I believe these plates were sold by Sears as a cake set in the 1940′s. A set was made up of a 10″ plate and either four or eight 7″ [...]

Posted on August 17, 2009 by FiestaFan

Collectors, I have gotten several letters lately from people with FIESTA® plates with dancers on them. The main plates I am being asked about are actually trivets. They are available in several colors. The Heather trivet is an anniversary piece and can be had for less than $15.00. (See below). Some of the trivets are [...]

Posted on August 16, 2009 by FiestaFan

Collectors, Teacups ans saucers have been in the FIESTA® line for 33 years, so we all have a few. If yoy don’t, they are easy to find and fairly inexpensive. There are three different variations. The first variation are cups made from 1936 to 1937. The cups have a flat inner bottom and rings inside [...]

Posted on August 16, 2009 by FiestaFan

A question from a new collector: I am a long time admirer of Fiestaware dishes and we have decided to to start collecting them. We use them daily so they are washed by hand everyday. We love all the different colors, but some seem to chip easier and some show the chips more than others. [...]

Posted on August 16, 2009 by FiestaFan

Collectors, This post is just for fun. What kind of people collect FIESTA®? Old young, gay straight, black white, is there a profile? This site gets a lot of traffic from other countries. When I started this I didn’t even think about that. So, in my opinion, if you collect fiesta you are a positive, [...]