Fiesta ware Now and Then

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

First its new gay and colorful.

Second a plug for my own collection. http://www.flickr.com/photos/59189026@N04/sets/72157625983909128/

Finally the building is still looks like it may still be there. http://goo.gl/maps/UZ0EJ

Comments

[cionaudha.livejournal.com]

These were the dishes my folks got as wedding "china". Mostly the blue, but some yellow and ivory. For some reason, I never appreciated how cool it was until many years later. These were our everyday dishes. I'd love a set of the turquoise.

Then Andy Warhol drove the prices up by becoming a big collector. Thanks, man.

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

They still make it today and its American made. They even make Turquoise.

[laurel-hardy.livejournal.com]

Love your collection. The colors are just great.

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[singeaddams.livejournal.com]

I would have fought you for that orange water jug thingy but I prefer cobalt blue. I love the shape of it!

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

I love the carafe! I use it for wine on pick-nicks.

[fallconsmate.livejournal.com]

mama has one in orange, too. its going to my SIL. :)

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

You know what makes Red "ornage" looks so bright. Its the Uranium in it. :P

[fallconsmate.livejournal.com]

that's cool!!

[singeaddams.livejournal.com]

My mother has several plates and a few serving dishes, too. They'll probably go to my own SIL who also collects the stuff. I don't mind! Besides that beautiful carafe I'm not much of a Fiesta person.

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

All Fiesta ware wants is for people to use it. So that will be great. I use mine as much as I can.

[bluebear2.livejournal.com]

I know someone with a bright orange pitcher. It has a tag on the bottom put there by the Canadian Nuclear Regulatory Commission stating that it was tested and has uranium glaze and should not be used for acidic drinks.

[singeaddams.livejournal.com]

?!!!?!?!!!?!?!!111!!!!!!!

Yikes.

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

There was great debate about this in the 1980's. Maybe even earlier. Conventional thinking now is that there is no real threat, unless you eat the plate too.

[singeaddams.livejournal.com]

Tasty.

[fallconsmate.livejournal.com]

i have a tea cup and saucer and a teapot that are child size of the green!

mama has other pieces that were passed down from her aunt, and those are going to my SIL. and i'm good with that, SIL is a beautiful person and i'm happy to share inherited things with her.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Fiesta ware! I want. So hard.

[whoseline_wlsc]

I've not seen Fiesta forks, spoons, or tumblers before! That's cool. There's quite a few of the dinner plates and bowls around my house.

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

The stuff in the lower window are all promotional items. Some are hard to ever find. 95 cents for the French Casserole? Its now worth $100

[shadowturquoise.livejournal.com]

Yay! Another Fiesta collector! I love you pictures of your collection. I really need to do that to document mine. I love your relish trays, I can't seem to find one with all the pieces in good condition.

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I love those relish trays too. They are hard to find and most collectors dont realizes they came in slightly different sizes depending on the day they were made. With clay, depending on the temperature it will dry differently. So one day the walls of each piece maybe a bit more thick then the next day. This is why sometimes you see them with all the inserts not so tightly together. It best just to buy a complete one, and not try to piece it together.

Do post your photos! We have a group over on flickr. http://www.flickr.com/groups/fiestadishes/

[mjspice.livejournal.com]

So colorful! O_O

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's an impressive collection of Fiesta Ware! Thanks for sharing pics of it. The colors are beautiful.

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[geckoman.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the old orange Fiesta Ware is radioactive. We have a plate of it at work to show people about radioactivity in the home...it really sets off the geiger counter! So does old Vaseline glass for the same reason. Uranium.

[versailles-rose.livejournal.com]

I love Fiesta Ware. When I was a kid, my Godmother had a set. It was multi colored. She always gave me red plates. ^-^

[bluebear2.livejournal.com]

I've heard them called "Fagware" by two different gay men of a certain generation. I guess it was too colourful for straight men at some point in history.

[promisemewings.livejournal.com]

Fiesta Ware will never die or lose its appeal.