{"id":484,"date":"2015-06-17T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T13:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myeggplates.com\/?p=484"},"modified":"2015-06-17T06:00:07","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T13:00:07","slug":"the-rainbow-of-fiestaware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myeggplates.com\/the-rainbow-of-fiestaware\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rainbow of Fiestaware"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A major hallmark and selling feature of the Fiestware line of dishes and serviceware from its introduction almost 80 years ago has been the wide range of vibrant colors in which the pieces were glazed. The appearance of Fiestaware was significant, especially coming out of the Art Deco movement, in that it made bright, vibrant, colorful dishes available for the first time at a low enough cost that most every household could afford to add bright accents to their table and home. Fiestaware was intended as a low-cost solution to serve daily family meals. I shouldn’t think that its original designers and producers could ever have imagined the astronomical prices some will pay for rare colors and pieces on today’s collector’s market. Unfortunately, many early owners, and even some descendants who inherited such pieces, also frequently failed to recognize the value in the Fiestaware pieces owned by themselves, parents, or even grandparents, and therefore many such pieces have been lost forever.<\/p>\n
While comprehensive histories of the line are available from a number of resources, including from the manufacturer, Homer Laughlin China Company of Newell, West Virginia, I will mention some brief highlights of the history as relates to color specifically.<\/p>\n
The line originally consisted of five colors, mostly primary colors, including: Red (orange red), Blue (cobalt), Green (light green), Yellow (deep golden), and Old Ivory (yellowish cream).<\/p>\n