Kitchen

[SharkE]

I don't have any LOL They have the prettiest color out now called 'Peony'

that is so pretty.   Fiestaware is stoneware and too heavy, but, they make the nicest colors.

Peony, is a doll

[Trailrun23]

I have several Fiestaware bowls of various sizes. I bought them in a big stack at a thrift store in Tennessee years ago. I am not sure they still sell the large cereal bowl any longer, but it is perfect for feeding a cat or as a water bowl since it is so heaven it doesn't slide around the floor or tip over. I could easily buy all the colors I see, but I know I don't really need them. I also don't know exactly how old the ones I have are and not sure about lead content.

[shoesnbags]

@SharkE  That Peony is definitely a pretty color.  But for me it's too much like Flamingo, of which I have a lot. So I'll pass.  My everyday dishes are Fiesta - I love it and have way too much (like your jackets, ha ha).  I started out with four coordinating colors but branched out as alllll of those other beautiful colors caught my eye. 

I don't find it too heavy at all, except for the various baking dishes.  I still prefer my tried and true Corningware for that. 

Fortunately our son & DIL use fiestaware, so they will probably be happy to get it it when we're gone.  Can't say that about much of the other stuff in this house, china & silver included.

[Kachina624]

I love Fiesta but its just too heavy for me.  A stack of 4 plates feels like it weighs 10lbs.  I do have two sets of 4 each mugs in two shades of turquoise.  I love that peony color.

[SharkE]

anything pinky has got my eye. Pioneer woman still makes the most femme

stuff of anybody. Roses, are my downfall. LOL

Yeah, girl, susan gravers latest jacket is coming my way has the fringe hem

and sweater sleeves. Not cheap, but, then, what is any more.

Went to King Arthur and got me another yeast rising bowl. Bowl was 9, shipping was 10. sigh...............Got clear glass bowls I've been using, but, I miss my dedicated yeast bucket.

[Enufstuff]

    Fiesta ware is heavy because it is vitreous pottery. In 1986, the new production was made to be used in restaurants and is more durable than the semi-vitreous pottery that was used in production since 1936.

    My grandmother gave me all her original vintage Fiesta in the 70's and I collected more and used it every day. The semi-vitreous Fiesta

chipped easily, was thinner and lighter weight than what has been sold since 1986. For anyone concerned about lead, Fiesta has been lead free since 1986.

    My 5 children and first husband never chipped any of these dishes and handled them carefully. They were used to handling

antiques. But, when I remarried in 1992, my second husband was like bull in a china shop. My vintage dishes were showing up looking like someone took bites out of them. He would be slamming them in and out of the dishwasher.

    Sadly I had to pack away my grandmother's dishes to save them. There were over 100 pieces in every color, which I believe were about 11 colors at that time.

   So, I collected place settings in the new Fiesta and those have been my every day dishes ever since. I must have over 100  pieces of the vitreous post 1986 Fiesta. That includes many serving pieces, mixing bowls, canisters, vases, pitchers and accessories and even a cat bowl .

   They are heavier than the more fragile originals, but not too heavy to use. If you lift a whole stack of dinner plates, that is HEAVY.

     It makes me happy to use  the colors and I coordinate my

dish  colors  to compliment the  color of the food  and the colors of the seasons for table settings.

     My husband doesn't understand why I don't want to eat pasta with tomato sauce out of rose colored dishes. LOL

[Enufstuff]

@Trailrun23   If you purchased your Fiesta pieces before 1986,

   they are the original Fiesta. Since 1986 and presently, they are made out of a vitreous pottery. Since 1986, they have been LEAD FREE. The early Fiesta was semi-vitreous pottery, which

is not as heavy and was prone to chipping easily. The new pieces are heavier and more durable. They were created for restaurant use. They resist chipping.

     Vintage Fiesta is thinner and lighter in weight. There were only 11 colors before 1986. So, if you research online, you can identify the original, vintage pieces by color and shapes of the pieces. You can also look at the post 1986 colors and shapes online to identify yours, to determine age.

[beach-mom]

@Enufstuff - You are so lucky to have your grandmother's beautiful sets! I'm sure your 5 children will treasure them too.

 I also inherited my grandmother's Fiestaware. I don't have even a smidgen of what you do. There are about 6 sets, all different colors. I also have about 3 little dishes like mini bowls. I don't remember my grandmother using any of it. Like a lot of us she had many sets of dishes!

I do use them, mostly for lunch. I hand wash and won't put them in the microwave. 

Instead of getting today's version, I built a set of Longaberger. Every time they came out with a new color I got a place setting. That was hard to do because they didn't sell them that way, but my consultant somehow accommodated me!

When my children were young they had fun mixing the colors when they set the table!  

Keep enjoying your beautiful Fiestaware!  

[Enufstuff]

@beach-mom   Actually, my children are all in their 40's and 50's

and I have given them all dishes. My oldest daughter has a 50's retro kitchen and when she got married 15 years ago, I bought her place settings in scarlet red and  navy blue in the new Fiesta.

  My second daughter got my Corelle Butterfly Gold dishes and my son got my Harlequin collection. Those dishes were made by Homer Laughlin Co. that makes Fiesta. Some of the colors were similar. Harlequin was made to be sold in Woolworth stores.

Fiesta was sold in department stores.

     It is nice that you also have your grandmother's Fiesta. I added a lot of vintage serving pieces and more place settings to

what my grandmother gave me. I wanted all 11 colors.

   I am not familiar with Longaberger dishes. Your children must have had fun picking their colors as my children did.

When mine were little, each had their own color of Tupperware pieces for breakfast bowls and juice cups.

   We think that color is fun.

[Patriot3]

Two of my kids have Fiesta and love them.  I have 2 pasta bowls and some mugs, and I really like them, but to have them as every day dishes, they are too heavy for me to handle.

I like that they are made right here in the good ole USA and they are a great company to do business with.