Fiesta Dishes. Info

Posted on August 24, 2009 by FiestaFan

Collectors, I bet the majority of you said that there is no such thing as wooden Fiesta. Well, the answer isn’t really yes or no. Wooden fiesta, maybe. OUR Fiesta, no. There were wooden dishes made in the spirit of Fiesta, but they weren’t really Fiesta and were not made by the Homer Laughlin China [...]

Posted on August 21, 2009 by FiestaFan

It may seem a little out of season……and it is…….but there are some good bargains on Holiday Fiestaware these days. Why not take advantage of people doing their spring cleaning and buy some holiday dishes now. There are more than one holiday pattern made by The Homer Laughling Company. Some pieces currently listed are in [...]

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 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 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 June 20, 2009 by FiestaFan

Collectors, Can you tell the difference between a medium and a large teapot? First of all, the medium teapots were produced for 32 years and the large teapots were produced for 11 years, making it more likely that you will find a medium size teapot instead of a large. The medium pot was produced from [...]

Posted on June 06, 2009 by FiestaFan

Fiesta Trivia Question: How many holes do the pepper shakers have? If you said 7, you would be right. If you said 6, you would also be right, it was a trick question. The pepper shaker had 7 holes until 1967, then they were changed to 6. The Fiesta® salt and pepper shakers have a [...]