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Medium Green Vintage Fiesta and Harlequin Homer Laughlin Pottery | Circa 1959-1969

The medium green glaze was the eleventh and final color developed for the original fiestaware line. By the end of the 1950s fiesta sales had slowed, patterns were all the rage, and the solid color dishware craze was nearing its end. Four final colors would make up the last vintage ensemble, with medium green being the only new color. Within months of the new colors release, standard pieces like the 4 3/4" fruit bowl, the dessert bowl and the cream soup bowl would be discontinued (making medium green examples of those pieces scarce). Today's collectors cherish the 23 pieces left in production and ambitiously hunt for them to finish their collections.

Medium Green Vintage Fiesta Teapot for Sale

Vintage Fiesta Medium Green Medium Teapot »

Circa 1959-1969: The medium teapot remained one of the largest pieces still in production and one of the few holloware shapes to make it to the end of the lines production to be dipped in the fantastic medium green glaze.

For Sale: $1,250

Rare medium green vintage fiestaware 4 inch fruit bowl

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Rare Vintage Fiesta Medium Green 4 3/4" Fruit Bowl »

Circa 1959: Cut from production in 1959, the same time the medium green glaze was being released, the 4 3/4" fruit bowl in medium green is extremely hard to find. It may well be one of the last pieces of tableware added to the most advanced collections.

For Sale: $495

rare vintage harlequin medium green sauce or gravy boat made by Homer Laughlin for Woolworths in 1959

Harlequin Medium Green Sauce Boat »

Circa 1959: Considered scarce in medium green, the Harlequin sauce boat was discontinued in 1959, after over 20 years in production, but perhaps only months while medium green was introduced, thus the scarcity.

For Sale: $485

forest green harlequin large 13 inch oval platter 1950s homer laughlin pottery

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Rare Harlequin Medium Green13" Platter »

Circa 1959-1960: The largest piece of Harlequin is the 13' platter which was discontinued right around the time (1959) that medium green was being issued (1960), so to find this piece in the already rare medium green Harlequin glaze is a rare delight.

For Sale: $475

hard to find fiesta medium green vintage fiestaware sugar and creamer set

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Vintage Fiesta Medium Green Sugar and Creamer Set »

Circa 1959-1969: Three Piece Set—The Fiesta lidded sugar and ring handled creamer set is a necessary part of dressing the table. There is no greater way to celebrate this delightful duo than with the rich medium green glaze. Homer Laughlin produced many greens, but it is this perfected medium green, at the end of the original Vintage Fiesta line that shows a mastery of color.

For Sale: $425

Vintage Harlequin Medium Green Platter

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Rare Harlequin Medium Green 11" Platter »

Circa 1959-1960: Harlequin pottery, sold exclusively at Woolworths department store was produced in far less quantities than the vintage Fiesta pottery and even more so later in its life when the last color, Medium Green, was introduced. So finding large pieces of Medium Green, like this 11" platter is a real treat, even more when it is without a scratch, as is this piece.

For Sale: $375

Vintage Fiestaware Sugar Bowl in Original Medium Green Glaze For Sale

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Vintage Fiesta Medium Green Sugar Bowl »

Circa 1959-1965: With sales of solid color tableware slowing, far fewer pieces and shapes were produced in the final color assortment, of which medium green was the only new color introduced.

For Sale: $275

Medium green vintage harlequin 5 piece dinnerware table setting

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Vintage Harlequin Medium Green 5 Piece Table Setting »

Circa 1959-1965: This 5 piece setting includes a 9" plate, 7" plate, fruit bowl and teacup and suacer. Medium green Harlequin is harder to find than medium green Fiesta. Sales were slowing and Woolworth's was phasing out solid color dinnerware.

For Sale: $225

medium green vintage fiestaware platter for sale

Vintage Fiesta Medium Green Platter »

Circa 1959-1969: It is a delight to find any pieces of vintage Fiesta in medium green and the platter does not disappoint.

For Sale: $175

medium green vintage fiestaware sauce boat for sale

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Vintage Fiesta Medium Green Sauce Boat »

Circa 1959-1969: With less than half of the shapes from the original fiestaware line produced in medium green, collectors will appreciate adding the hard to find color on such exuberantly designed pieces as the expressive fiesta sauce boat.

For Sale: $175

Vintage Fiestaware Ring Handled Creamer in Original Medium Green Glaze

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Vintage Fiesta Medium Green Ring Handled Creamer »

Circa 1959-1969: Just as the medium green glaze was the last color used on the vintage fiesta pottery line, it will probably be the last color added to collectors shelves. Even the simple ring handled creamer carries the charm of the line along with its abundance of concentric rings. This example in the harder to find medium green glaze is in excellent condition without damage or use. Marked "HLCo fiesta MADE IN USA".

For Sale: $175

Medium green vintage fiestaware individual salad bowl for sale

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Vintage Fiesta Medium Green Individual Salad Bowl »

Circa 1959-1969: The fiesta individual salad bowl could be considered the one piece made just for the new 1959 glaze of medium green. Only found in the last four colors and the only piece designed since the 1940s, the individual salad bowl is quintessentially fiestaware made for medium green!

For Sale: $165

Medium green vintage fiestaware tom and jerry mug for sale

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Vintage Fiesta Medium Green Tom and Jerry Mug »

Circa 1959-1969: The original fiestaware line didn't have a coffee mug but it is the Tom and Jerry mug that comes closest to that shape. Made in all eleven vintage colors, with Medium Green being the last (and along with red) the hardest color to find.

For Sale: $165

Medium green vintage fiestaware 8 inch round nappie vegetable bowl for sale

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Vintage Fiesta Medium Green 8½" Vegetable Bowl »

Circa 1960-1969: Fantastic condition on this hard to find medium green fiesta 8 1/2" nappy bowl. Collector quality with no chips, cracks, glaze irregularities, scratches, touchups or repairs.

For Sale: $165

medium green vintage fiestaware deep plate for sale

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Vintage Fiesta Medium Green Deep Plate »

Circa 1959-1969: Medium Green vintage Fiesta deep plate in medium green. The deep plate is also refered to as the soup bowl or rimmed soup bowl. This example is in excellent condition.

For Sale: $125

Harlequin Pottery Oatmeal Bowl in Original Chartreuse Glaze

Harlequin Medium Green Oatmeal Bowl »

Circa 1959: Produced in Medium Green for One Year Only— The Harlequin Pottery Oatmeal Bowl was produced for 19 years and made in all twelve original Harlequin colors. Modeled after the Fruit & Nappy Bowl, it shares a rolled top and same proportional design. This example in the original Medium Green glaze is in excellent condition, without damage or use. Measures 5 9/16" w x 1 1/2" h.

For Sale: $125

Medium Green Fiesta Teacup and Saucer Fiestaware Pottery For Sale

Vintage Fiesta Medium Green Teacup and Saucer »

Circa 1959-1969: The simple teacup and saucer set represents all the classic elements of the vintage Fiesta pottery line— from its tell-tale ring handle to multiple bands of concentric rings that decorate the surface in abundance.

For Sale: $85

Vintage Harlequin Pottery Medium Green Fruit Bowl For Sale

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Vintage Harlequin Medium Green Fruit Bowl »

Circa 1959: The Harlequin fruit bowl looks just like a miniature version of the nappy bowl, with it's wide open top that is flared out and and then turned under with a gentle rolling lip. Although easily found in the original colors, the Harlequin fruit bowl was discontinued in 1959 at the same time medium green glaze was introduced, making it pretty scarce in this color. This example is unused and in perfect condition.

For Sale: $75

Medium Green Vintage Harlequin Pottery Teacup and Saucer Set

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Harlequin Medium Green Teacup & Saucer »

Circa 1960-1965: Harlequin pieces in the medium green glaze are a treat to find. The final color was made in far fewer quantities than many of the colors before it.

For Sale: $75

Medium Green Harlequin Dinnerware Bread Plate 6 inch For Sale

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Harlequin Medium Green 6" Bread Plate »

Circa 1960-1965: The Homer Laughlin's Collector Club Association guide to Fiesta, Harlequin and Kitchen Kraft states that medium green Harlequin falls into three categories, scarce, very scarce and very very rare. The modest 6" Harlequin bread plate falls into the very scarce category.

For Sale: $75

Medium Green Harlequin Dinnerware Bread Plate 6 inch For Sale

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Harlequin Medium Green 9" Luncheon Plate »

Circa 1960-1965: The Homer Laughlin's Collector Club Association guide to Fiesta, Harlequin and Kitchen Kraft states that medium green Harlequin falls into three categories, scarce, very scarce and very very rare. This example of the scarce medium green harlequin luncheon plate is in excellent condition without signs of use.

For Sale: $70

Vintage Harlequin Pottery Medium Green Salad Plate For Sale

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Vintage Harlequin Medium Green 7 " Salad Plate »

Circa 1960-1965: Not much medium green harlequin was produced. Sales were declining and Woolworths was slowly phasing out the solid colored dinnerware line by the mid 1960s. Excellent condition without signs of use.

For Sale: $65

Bob Zordani and Heidi Kellner: (217) 714-5016, Lexington, Virginia: heidi@happyheidi.com