Fiesta Ware Bread and Butter Plate, 1936-1951

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Artifact Overview

Colorful Fiesta ware was one of many inexpensive, yet fashionable dinnerware sets produced for the middle market during the Great Depression, sold at retailers like F.W. Woolworth's, Kresge, and department store bargain basements. Thanks to revived interest in Art Deco, the line was resurrected in 1986 by the Homer Laughlin China Company, and remains in production today.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Bread-and-butter plate

Date Made

1936-1951

Creator Notes

Designed by Frederick Hurten Rhead and made by Homer Laughlin China Company of Newell, West Virginia.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2024.155.30

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Sarah Gee in memory of Linda J. Malosh.

Material

Ceramic (Material)
Glaze

Color

Green

Dimensions

Height: 0.5 in
Diameter: 6 in

Inscriptions

stamped on bottom: GENUINE / fiesta / HLCo USA
Fiesta Ware Bread and Butter Plate, 1936-1951