For two years, from to , Fiesta produced calendar plates. These only came in light green, ivory, and yellow. Fiesta Ensembles was when HLC began selling Fiesta in sets, similarly to what they do today, only they also sold them with glassware and flatware.
This began in In , some products were sold with decals, although these can be very hard to find, and most are like part of the other lines, and in the 30s and 40s, HLC sold striped Fiesta, in yellow and ivory, with red, green, or blue stripes. During the vintage period, HLC produced limited versions of striped Fiesta products. They came in three colors of stripes: red, blue, and green, and on two base colors: ivory and yellow.
Red and ivory are the most common of these rare combinations, and the most popular, due to the fact that they look the best together. Old Ivory was the last of the original five colors.
While most people know that the original red was made with uranium and was thus radioactive, not many people know that this ivory color was also made with radioactive materials. However, the amount of radiation this color gives off is minor, especially when compared with the radioactive red. Original Yellow was the next obvious choice in the original five line-up, and as Frederick Rhead said in his journal, it had to talk.
This bright, vibrant yellow did exactly that when paired with the other four colors. The shad had to be just right — not too bright, but not too dark. Not too blue, but not too yellow, either. With the colors red and blue apparently settled, we decided a green must be one of the five colors.
We speedily discovered that the correct balance between the blue and the red was a green possessing a minimum of blue. We had to hit halfway between the red and the blue. We had some lovely subtle greens when they were not placed in juxtaposition with the other two colors, but they would not play in combination.
Light green is, as the name suggests, the lightest of the three vintage greens excluding chartreuse. While you should be easily able to tell chartreuse from the other vintage greens, it can sometimes be confusing when you see a single piece. Medium green is going to be very rare, and comparative to John Deere green. Vintage cobalt is a much bluer shade of blue than post blue, which is darker. Vintage cobalt was produced from , where it was discontinued.
HLC brought back the much darker cobalt in the Post86 revival and has not retired it yet. Original Red is most commonly called radioactive red due to the fact that it was made with either natural uranium or depleted uranium, depending on the year it was made.
From , it was made with natural uranium, until the government took control of all uranium due to WWII. After the World War and the loosening of governmental hold of uranium, HLC began firing radioactive red again, this time with depleted uranium.
These colors were very carefully picked. Once red and cobalt blue were settled on, green was an obvious choice, but what shade of green? It was decided that a minimum of blue dye was the perfect balance, and thus, light green was born.
Yellow was the next obvious choice, and it had to talk. With a minimum of green in it, this bright yellow was perfect. Ivory was chosen to off-set all these colors. The turqoise color was released literally weeks before this item was discontinued, so covered onion soup bowls in turqoise are perhaps one of the most valuable and rare Fiesta items on the market.
The bowl is usually unmarked but some earlier ones have an in-mold mark. Released for just six months between and , the Fiesta lidded mixing bowls came in four sizes in the original five colors. Certain colors of Fiestaware in almost any shape are considered valuable by collectors.
Medium Green, introduced as the eleventh Fiesta color in , is a particularly difficult color to find, especially in serving pieces, so it will usually fetch a higher price. Items that are particularly hard to find in medium green include the cream soup bowl and the six-inch dessert bowl. Because it was released a little later than the original five colors, some shapes are quite hard to find in turquoise. This includes the covered onion soup bowl an already hard-to-come-by shape ,.
Jessica B. Wilkes agrees that the best Fiesta pieces are free of chips and cracks. A small nick on the bottom or some utensil marks might be ok for your personal use or to fill out a collection, but it will lower the value of the piece.
One of the coolest things about Fiesta dinnerware is that almost all the colors, vintage and modern alike, can be mixed together to create a your dream dining set. There is plenty of information on the Fiesta Factory Direct website as well, to help you identify any pieces you might find at estate sales! House of Helleman, LLC. Are you an estate sale company or auctioneer? Head over to our industry blog for tips on running your business.
Vintage Fiestware was made in solid, bright colors. Image courtesy of House of Helleman. The Fiesta line of dinnerware was introduced to the public in This bright red was one of the older original colors of the Fiesta line. Image courtesy of Vintage The first line of Fiesta pottery featured 34 different pieces. Some changes to this original line-up happened quite quickly: Lidded mixing bowls, which came in four sizes, were discontinued just six months after manufacturing began.
They were the first of many Fiesta shapes to be discontinued. The inch compartment plate was discontinued before Fiesta even added its sixth color, turquoise. Many pieces were slightly changed, including teacups, nesting bowls and ash trays. The covered onion soup bowl model was discontinued just a year after production began. The covered onion soup bowl, shown here in original green, was discontinued just shortly after manufacturing began. Image courtesy of JoansFancyThis. The interior of the rare Fiesta covered onion soup bowl.
First-rate info for shoppers Get the goods on antiques, collectibles, vintage finds, and all things estate sales. Name Email Subscribe. Save time! Also, my mother has 6 colors, and it never fails to make me smile when I open her cupboard and see a rainbow. It's very cheery. And those are great colors for the serving pieces - they are supposed to be the most appetite - inducing colors.
We love it - the marigold goes well with nearly every color they sell, so that's why we picked it We found that most of the really rich table linens etc. Viczaesar Central Coast, CA member. I'm not one to ask, I guess, because I have 8 settings in 8 different colors. I did all cobalt. It's beautiful, but I'm boring. Thanks for all your suggestions! I love the idea of getting 4 place settings of one color and get 4 different colors. It just so happen that red is my favorite color, so that would go well during holiday.
Now I I mean we just need to decide what other colors we want. That's the thing, Fiestaware are so much fun that I can't decide! I think you should also hold up the serving piece color s to the 3 other colors you choose and make sure you get serving pieces that blends well with all of them.
Like I love cobalt, but if I had cobalt serving pieces and set a table with cobalt and tangerine, that would make it looks like I'm a fan of a particular football team down here and would completely alienate most of the people I know. It's silly, but true. And if I did cobalt serving pieces with red dishes then it looks like the fourth of july, even if it's not. I think you should pick your dishes first and then get serving pieces in the color that blends the best with all the other ones.
I also want to register for fiesta but have no idea what colors to choose, I want to do 12 place setting- 3 different colors. My kitchen is very neutral colored so I can pretty much do whatever- I like the idea of doing scarlet since it can be used for most holidays, not sure on the other colors!
When we were going to register for fiestaware, we were going to do all white dishes with cobalt bowls and serving platters, etc. I adore Fiestaware, but it wasn't available at any area stores back when I got married for the first time. Widowed once, divorced once prior. She looked at it for about 15 years before my dad got it for her for xmas, and she claims she's never going back, lol - so far no scratches or anything, and they've had it for about 9 months and use it every day! Osterizer member.
We have 12 place settings in 3 different colors: white, turquoise, and scarlet. I also have shamrock in a few pieces that I use at Christmas with the white and scarlet. Like PP said, have fun with it! My fiance's oldest sister is going with a blue, green, and yellow theme. So I would say you can do different colors, but have them themed, like red, yellow and brown or purple, blue, and green.
Fiestaware has like two shades of each color, so that would give you 6 colors to work with. We registered for 16 place settings, in 4 colors 4 of each. We chose Shamrock, Marigold, Scarlet, and Peacock.
So far, I've gotten the Peacock and it looks great! We registered for 10 sets, in 10 different colors. My fiance grew up with Fiestaware and loves it. My favorite number is 10, which is why we went with the 10 sets. His parents have multiple colors, which is why we decided to go that route too. A whole rainbow of colors. Should be fun to look at and eat off of for years to come. Andromeda member.
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