A brand of
china originally designed by
Frederick Hurton Rhead in
1936 and now produced by the
Homer Laughlin China Company.
Fiesta wear, as it is often called, comes in various colors and the main reasons to buy Fiesta is to hava fun
mixing all the colors together. Certain colors and vintage pieces are
extremely collectible. Buying new Fiesta remains fairly inexpensive, a five piece setting tends to run between $20 -$40.
Fiesta Colors and Years Produced
- Red, 1936 - 1943 & 1959 – 1972
- Blue (Cobalt), 1936 – 1951
- Green (Light), 1936 – 1951
- Yellow, 1936 – 1969
- Old Ivory, 1936 – 1951
- Turquoise, 1937 – 1969
- Forest Green, 1951 - 1959
- Rose, 1951 – 1959
- Chartreuse, 1951 – 1959
- Gray, 1951 – 1959
- Medium Green, 1959 – 1969
- Antique Gold, 1969 - 1972
- Turf Green, 1969 - 1972
No Fiesta was produced between 1973 and 1986.
- White, 1986 - present
- Black, 1986 - present
- Rose, 1986 - present
- Apricot, 1986 – 1998
- Cobalt Blue, 1986 - present
- Yellow, 1987 - 2002
- Turquoise, 1988 - present
- Periwinkle Blue, 1989 - present
- Sea Mist Green, 1991 - present
- Lilac (limited run), 1993-1995
- Persimmon, 1995 - present
- Sapphire (Bloomingdale's Exlusive), 1996 – 1997
- Chartreuse (limited run), 1997- 1999
- Pearl Gray, 1999 - present
- Juniper (limited run), 1999 - December 31, 2001
- Cinnabar, 2000 - present
- Sunflower, 2001 - present
- Plum, 2002- present
- Shamrock, 2003- present
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