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RE: The Inbox Runneth Over -- Issue #25 -- Where hidden treasures come to light
Thanks for including my Fiestaware!! :) I appreciate it. There is a great grouping of posts here - I'm happy to be included. :)
I had a look at Fiestaware online and OMG that stuff is expensive!! No wonder they save the broken pieces and sell them on eBay. I would lie awake nights worrying about that stuff if I owned any.
There are some pieces that are expensive, that's true! You can get box sets (with four pieces) for about $20 sometimes...on clearance or otherwise. Most department stores that carry it will have it regularly on sale. I've been able to find quite a few pieces for decent prices. I am always worried about mine being here with open shelves and potential earthquakes. I just figure if it all goes crashing to the floor, we'll one day have a fun mosaic wall or table. We've only felt one earthquake so far...
I remember my grandmother had a set of these for years. I recognized it the minute I saw it, but thought ... oh, it couldn't be. Then I saw your post that said it was available from back in the '30s. I'm not quite that old ... but yes, I was right, it was the same stuff -- with those concentric circles around the rim and in the center.
My grandmother's was the kind of aqua green color. I didn't much care for it, but we ate from it everyday. One of my very earliest memories was of a woman who lived across the street from us when my parents lived briefly in Oregon. She gave my mother a dark blue -- almost indigo colored -- plate that didn't match any of the other dishes in the set. I was not quite two at the time, but I remember that plate. And when my parents moved back to Texas (after one terrible winter in Oregon -- I'll have to tell you about it sometime) ... that plate made the trip, too.
My grandmother put it in with her aqua ones -- and I would insist on eating from it. It was my plate because it was different from all the rest -- and I liked the color better. Probably be worth a small fortune now. Probably one of the radioactive ones. Cobalt blue ... you know.
Nice!! What a great memory! I can only imagine that those plates would be worth quite a bit now! I'd love to have them!! :)