My sister is again responsible for today’s thrifted Thursday. She called me in a panic from an estate sale asking if I wanted any Fiesta Ware.
Did I want any Fiesta Ware? Seriously….ummmm……YES!!!!!
I absolutely ADORE the colors of Fiesta Ware. They are amazing.
And since I can’t show you it all at once (I have to leave you in suspense somehow, don’t I?) I am just showing you the greens today.
In all honesty, I am not sure that all of it is actually Fiesta Ware. The teapot is marked Fiesta as well as the larger bowl on the left. But the cups are not marked and neither are the saucers. And one other green plate (not shown) is marked “Pacific 205 Made in the USA” on the bottom.
Any experts?
~Elizabeth
I LOVE fiesta ware! I dont have a large collection…but someday would love to have lots more 🙂 I have never seen that type of handle on a fiesta cup, but I like it – and the color! So fun!
It’s Fiesta. The cup with a handle is a demitasse cup and the other is a juice cup. Not all Fiesta is marked. I’m wondering if the other plate was something made for a resturant or something and that’s why it has the odd mark?
All I know is that fiestaware is radioactive. For reals. But don’t worry most ceramics are a little. Or maybe that should make you worry a lot. Either way, cute set. I would still have bought it radioactive or not. 🙂
I’ve been collecting Fiestaware since I was a teenager! My grandmother bought me a rose Fiesta tea set when I was a toddler and naturally every piece was broken by the time I started school. But thus began my obsession!
Those pieces are from the Riviera line, an offshoot of Fiestaware. There are a couple other similar lines like Harlequin. I think some of them may have been bonus perks from gas stations and grocery stores. I have that same teapot in the same shade of green, but my handle is circular, so it may be a different year or it may be Harlequin.
The radioactive myth is only partially true with the red color manufactured in the 1930’s, that’s why it is especially rare- Much of it was destroyed. The reddish-orange glaze contained slight amounts of uranium, but not unsafe levels. (Of course, I wouldn’t go around microwaving it or anything!)
Love fiesta ware!! I have a yellow set of dishes! They are so fun! Have a great rest of the day! xo Holly
Pacific pottery is pretty old (i.e. they stopped making the colorful “hostess ware” before WWII). Another similar company was Meyers California Rainbow (few of their products are marked).
All of my dishes are fiesta ware (modern day stuff). Love it! Don’t have that particular green, but I have many other colors.
I don’t know too much about FiestaWare…other than some of the older stuff apparently (???) used a lead-based glaze. And that’s now why the new FiestaWare you buy at the department store makes a very clear statement on the watermark that the glaze is lead free. Here’s something from Smithsonian Magazine blog about the safety of eating off the vintage plates. http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/08/is-it-safe-to-eat-off-vintage-plates/
Regardless…very cool find…little white daisies would be adorable sticking out of the teapot!
My husband is a chemistry and physics professor and he uses the orange Fiesta Ware in his lab all the time to demonstrate low levels of radioactivity. Modern stuff is fine. I wouldn’t stay too close to the old orange dishes though.