Cottonwood’s Clemenceau Heritage Museum is proud to share the memories of the ceramic-glazed pottery known as Fiesta Ware in one of its many displays.
The history of this familiar and colorful pottery spans years, originating in 1936 in a factory built by the Homer Laughlin China Company in Newell, West Virginia.Fiesta dinnerware debuted at the Pittsburgh China and Glass Show in 1936. The china was mass-produced and sold at five-and-dime stores like Woolworth’s and the collections popularity grew, particularly in the American Southwest due to its vivid hues. Red, yellow, cobalt blue, medium green and ivory were the five original colors. Turquoise came along a year later; however, the line was retired in the early 1970s.
In 1986 the department store Bloomingdale’s partnered with Homer Laughlin to re-introduce the line. A total of 51 colors have been produced so far.
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