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

1. Red, 1936 - 1943 & 1959 – 1972
2. Blue (Cobalt), 1936 – 1951
3. Green (Light), 1936 – 1951
4. Yellow, 1936 – 1969
5. Old Ivory, 1936 – 1951
6. Turquoise, 1937 – 1969
7. Forest Green, 1951 - 1959
8. Rose, 1951 – 1959
9. Chartreuse, 1951 – 1959
10. Gray, 1951 – 1959
11. Medium Green, 1959 – 1969
12. Antique Gold, 1969 - 1972
13. Turf Green, 1969 - 1972

No Fiesta was produced between 1973 and 1986.
14. White, 1986 - present
15. Black, 1986 - present
16. Rose, 1986 - present
17. Apricot, 1986 – 1998
18. Cobalt Blue, 1986 - present
19. Yellow, 1987 - 2002
20. Turquoise, 1988 - present
21. Periwinkle Blue, 1989 - present
22. Sea Mist Green, 1991 - present
23. Lilac (limited run), 1993-1995
24. Persimmon, 1995 - present
25. Sapphire (Bloomingdale's Exlusive), 1996 – 1997
26. Chartreuse (limited run), 1997- 1999
27. Pearl Gray, 1999 - present
28. Juniper (limited run), 1999 - December 31, 2001
29. Cinnabar, 2000 - present
30. Sunflower, 2001 - present
31. Plum, 2002- present
32. Shamrock, 2003- present

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Fies"ta (?), n. [Sp. See Feast, n.]

Among Spanish, a religious festival; a saint's day or holiday; also, a holiday or festivity.

Even . . . a bullfight is a fiesta.
Am. Dialect Notes.

Some fiesta, when all the surrounding population were expected to turn out in holiday dress for merriment.
The Century.

 

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