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Red Stripes For 8

Originally posted in December 2009

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Merry Christmas to all and to all a great meal with family and friends.
This is one of two tables for our Christmas Day dinner , the other one appeared on

Wednesday December 23rd here on The Little Round Table entitled
"Fiesta Holly and Ribbons."

New Red Stripe Fiesta dinner plates exclusive to the Homer Laughlin

China Collectors Association and available on their website www.hlcca.org . This recently released Red Stripe has also been seen in the header here on The Little Round Table for the month of December.  Another post with additional images of Red Stripes can be seen on

an earlier post : Wow - Retro Red Stripe Fiesta!  Vintage Vera napkins, flatware from Macy's,

Ivory spiral candle holders are vintage Metlox, crystal is Vera Wang "Infinity."

The tablecloth is "Baroque Poinsettia" from Home Goods that I purchased several years ago in an "extra-wide" size to fit this antique pine drop leaf table made from 200 year old planks. At 70" wide it still barely covers the width of the table.

Vintage Ivory Fiesta chop plate topped with the vintage ivory footed salad

bowl decorated with the Red Stripe decoration.

Vintage Homer Laughlin hand painted milk pitcher and a vintage

Saint Nicholas plate from "The Angelus" line along side a vintage

individual salad bowl with the Red Stripe decoration.

Vintage Fiesta ring-handled "Tom and Jerry" mugs that have a matching ivory

footed salad bowl, also marked "Tom and Jerry", which serves as a punch bowl for this set.

Vintage Ice Lip Pitcher on a vintage Red Stripe luncheon plate.

Vintage Red Stripe cream soup bowl.

Vintage Ivory sweets comport (aka compote).  Check out the pertpetual perfect piece of chocolate confection, which was a gift from a special dish friend who shared her Hanukkah celebration with us here on The Little Round  Table.

Vintage Ivory comport (aka compote) and a vintage Ivory cake lifter from the Oven Serve line.

Vintage Ivory carafe on a vintage Red Stripe luncheon plate.

Vintage Ivory covered casserole with a vintage Red Stripe chop plate.
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No food as yet, but I promise pictures of food tomorrow.
The Menu
Appetizers & Champagne
Several dips with chips, crackers, bread rounds Brie with Fig jam baked in puff pastry, my daughter's new find from Thanksgiving that was such a hit!
Roast Turkey
Giblet Gravy
Herb Stuffing (out of the bird)
Mashed Potatoes (both garlic and plain)
And this year for the first time the family is doing the rest!
Some surprises to come I'm sure, but so far I know there will be:
Sweet potatoes
Green Salad
Fruit Salad
Rolls
And insert a kids' menu here that includes Tube Steaks (read that as hot dogs!)
and French Fries.  A couple of the grandkids begged for this menu a couple of years ago and now it is a tradition!  Grandma indulges them and they do EAT instead of pushing the real food around their plates.

Pumpkin Pies from one of the boys!
Candy's Cheesecake - always requested
Ice Cream Sundaes and Cupcakes for the kids

Have the Merriest Christmas, kiss under the mistletoe and hug your family!

Split Personality

Welcome to another edition of Tablescape Thursday hosted by Susan over at

Between Naps On The Porch!  Time to show off your tablescapes and favorite dishes.

This vintage tablecloth has a split personality with one half of it providing

a negative image of the other half.  It is printed with wild thistles, which could pass

for artichokes that have gone beyond their prime picking time.

Fiesta is shown in Chocolate dinner plates, Ivory luncheon plates, the new Paprika salad plates,

and Shamrock berry bowls.

Flatware and stemware from Home Goods, votives from Michael's.

Napkins from Home Goods, napkin rings from Bed Bath Beyond.

The little piggy butter dish has had a broken ear for about 20 years, but he is still

most welcome on our table.

This wooden scrap bucket makes a great place to discard the artichoke leaves.

The new baking dish recently released is shown in Paprika below.

Last week's Strawberry tablescape included the smallest of the Homer Laughlin vintage "Apple Tree" bowls, here it is shown in a larger size in the color "Pumpkin."

This little wooden pitcher is holding fresh basil and tarragon from the garden.

My "Fiesta Rooster" came from Home Goods. Although he is not authentic Fiesta, he 

fits right in with his colorful outlook on life.

New Prep Bowl set that brings the baking bowls available to 5.  Shown here in Marigold and

Shamrock in the images with the Tangerine disc pitcher.

The iconic Fiesta disc pitcher in Tangerine.

Thanks for coming by again this week for another Tablescape Thursday!

A Question of Color: Yellows and Ivories

One of the most asked questions I get via email is about how to determine the

Colors of Fiesta Dinnerware

The link above will take you to a dedicated page listing the production dates

and names of Fiesta colors.

Let's start with the fact that monitors all have their own personalities.

We each have a certain way of perceiving colors based on our individual eyesight.

And the skill level of this photographer must also be taken into account.

I had planned this as a winter project, but a reader's email today prompted me

to take advantage of a few extra "blog dedicated" moments and tackle a set of

comparison photos.

Our reader "J" found some "yellow" Fiesta plates at Good Will for 25¢ each!

At that price it really doesn't matter what color they are, J is already a winner! LOL

But, seriously here are some images to help our dear reader with her "Question of Color"

The question was about YELLOW, but I've included both vintage and

Post 86 (Fiesta colors introduced since 1986 when production began again,

after a prolonged hiatus) Yellows, Ivories, Antique Gold, White, and the fairly

unknown "clear glaze."

Left Stack: Vintage Yellow, Vintage Antique Gold, Vintage Ivory saucer and shaker

Right Stack: Post 86 Ivory, Post 86 Sunflower, Post 86 "clear glaze", and Post 86 Yellow

Same color order and selection as above is shown in the next three images

Just the vintage stack below

Just the Post 86 stack below

Below is Post 86 Ivory luncheon plate topped by Vintage Ivory saucer and shaker, with the

Post 86 "clear glaze" piece in the foreground.

And finally a comparison with a Post 86 White salad plate thrown into the mix of Post 86 Ivory luncheon plate and the Post 86 "clear glaze" bowl.

Just a personal preference of mine ...... if I could only have one of the Post 86 neutrals, it would be

the "clear glaze" version which is NOT even an official "color" of Post 86 Fiesta.  They are rogue

items that seldom show up for sale.  It's not as "muddy" as Post 86 Ivory and not as "stark" as Post 86 White.  Just a soft wonderful clear glaze on an iconic line of dinnerware.

"J"  - I hope this helps with your recent Fiesta finds!