Description
A highly collectible 3-piece vintage ceramic assembly showcasing prominent mid-century American dinnerware lines from the renowned Homer Laughlin China Company. The highlighted piece is an original vintage Fiesta lunch plate finished in a brilliant, rich turquoise glaze. The plate showcases the iconic Fiesta aesthetic featuring a stepped ring profile wrapped tightly around the inner well rim and extending across the wide border flange.
Accompanying the turquoise piece is a coupe-style dinner plate from the Homer Laughlin Americana dinnerware series, featuring a crisp, solid cream semi-vitreous body. The underside of the Americana plate bears a complete, stamped manufacturer mark in dark underglaze ink featuring a stylized crown cartouche that reads: "HOMER LAUGHLIN… AMERICANA… U. S. A…. G 54 M". Completing the 3-piece kitchenware assembly is an unbranded vintage cream-colored earthenware luncheon plate detailed with a delicate embossed, wavy scrolled vine border motif modeled into the outer rim edge.
Lot Contents & Dimensions
Homer Laughlin Fiesta Plate (1): Turquoise glaze luncheon pattern; measures approximately 9 inches (22.9 cm) in diameter.
Homer Laughlin Americana Plate (1): Cream coupe dinner profile; measures approximately 10 inches (25.4 cm) in diameter.
Embossed Scroll Rim Plate (1): Creamware earthenware luncheon style; measures approximately 9.25 inches (23.5 cm) in diameter.
Condition Report
True Ceramic Structure: All three plates are structurally sound, maintaining their original robust forms, heavy weight, and level baselines. There are no large structural fractures, hairline stress cracks, or deep edge chips present on any of the vessels.
True Fiesta Glaze & Surface Scratching: The turquoise Fiesta plate retains a beautiful overall shine, but macro close-up inspection reveals extensive, widespread superficial utensil scratches crisscrossing the front interior well field. The reverse side features three distinct, unglazed pinpoint kiln stilt marks original to the factory production process.
True Americana Condition: The cream coupe plate displays a bright glaze with minimal surface rubbing across the front well and light, honest shelf wear to the underside base ring.
True Embossed Plate Condition: The scroll-rim creamware plate shows a clean front face. The reverse side reveals minor manufacturing irregularities, including several tiny popped glaze bubbles and light underglaze discoloration specks original to its firing.