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.
Circa 1959-1969: Advanced collectors will enjoy the ability to add such a large piece of Medium Green holloware to their collection. It is an iconic piece that marks the end of an era. This example is in absolutely excellent condition without signs of use or damage.
For Sale: $1,350
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
Circa 1959: The dessert bowl was discontinued in mid 1959, just a few months after the release of the medium green glaze, making the dessert bowl in medium green a very hard to find and rare item.
For Sale: $575
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
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
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
Circa 1959-1969: Made in far less quantities than any other color, the last color released for the fiestaware line, medium green, is a hard to find speciality example. This piece is in exceptional condition.
For Sale: $325
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Circa 1959-1969: A complete table setting consisted of a 6,7,9 and 10" plate.The large dinner plate are the hardest to find. This example is guaranteed medium green and is in excellent condition.
For Sale: $85
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
Circa 1959-1965: Originally modeled under the noted name of an oatmeal bowl, was ultimately released as the 5 1/2" fruit bowl. In production through the entire length of the fiestaware's run, examples in medium green exist but will probably be the last color found to complete a full collection of all eleven vintage colors.
For Sale: $75
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
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
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
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
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
Circa 1959-1969: Completing a full set of the four sizes of fiestaware plates makes a nice addition to the collection. The 9" luncheon plate is the handiest of all the plates and widely used. They are available in all eleven vintage colors, but will always be hardest to find in medium green which was produced for the shortest amount of time.
For Sale: $55
Circa 1959-1969: A complete table setting consisted of a 6,7,9 and 10" plate. With the exception of the large dinner plate, the 7" salad plates are for some reason always slightly harder to find. This example is guaranteed medium green and is in excellent condition.
For Sale: $45
Circa 1959-1969: A complete table setting consisted of a 6,7,9 and 10" plate. The smallest being perfect for bread and butter or a dessert. It's a treat to set a table and use these very handy little guys or to display and complete the entire set.
For Sale: $35