(13) Piece Homer Laughlin China Tea Set. Marked on undersides.  

Condition: Slight rubbing. Crackling glaze. Signs of repair on handle of one cup. Fleabite on base of one cup. Repair on lid of pitcher. 

Largest Size: 7 x 5 x 10 in. 

Fiesta is a line of ceramic glazed dinnerware manufactured and marketed by the Fiesta Tableware Company of Newell, West Virginia since its introduction in 1936. Fiesta is noted for its Art Deco styling and its range of bold solid colors. The company was known as the Homer Laughlin China Company until 2020, when it sold its food service divisions to Steelite, a British tableware manufacturer. HLCC in turn rebranded itself as the Fiesta Tableware Company, retaining its retail division, prominent Fiesta line, factories and headquarters in Newell. Fiesta's original shapes and glazes were designed by art director Frederick Hurten Rhead, and had to be modified due to a change in material and into other new shapes by Jonathan O. Parry, who became Laughlin’s art director in 1984. During the 1970s a new appreciation for Art Deco designs from the 1920s and 1930s flourished, with baby boomers becoming the largest collectors of pieces when the line was briefly discontinued. By the early 1980 when the line was restarted, some Fiesta items once costing pennies were commanding hundreds of U.S. dollars for scarcer items. Certain very rare pieces and colors are still auctioned for thousands of dollars, and it is considered the most collectable dinnerware brand in the world. 

Slight rubbing. Crackling glaze. Signs of repair on handle of one cup. Fleabite on base of one cup. Repair on lid of pitcher. 

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