Flipping Dishes with FTCCO

for National Tell a Story Day today, April 27 — Everyone has a story, or a story to tell — Homer Laughlin with members of the Congressional Irrigation Committee and guests. ( Los Angeles Herald , June 13, 1905) While living in California, Homer was active, and held prominent positions in several organizations, and became widely known for his civic enterprise and patriotic enthusiasm. Homer and Cornelia Laughlin traveled a great deal. On a trip to Los Angeles, CA, Homer realized the potential for growth and development of the city, and by 1894 he had purchased property in downtown Los Angeles. In 1897, Homer sold his East Liverpool property and pottery interests, and moved his family to Los Angeles. Homer purchased 35 acres near Hollywood Blvd. and Highland Ave., and spent more than $100,000 in improving the tract, later known as Laughlin Park, by planting thousands of shrubs and trees. (Numerous celebrities have owned or lived in Laughlin Park over the years — W.C. Fields, Cecil B. De...

National Get Organized Day , April 26 — Do you organize by shape, size, color, decal/decoration, or simply random? It's all good! Join  FTCCO.org  and share your FTC/HLC collecting interests with an active, creative, educational, and charitable, collecting community. Fiesta Tableware Company Collectors Organization

For National Tea Day — there’s never a shortage of shapes to choose for your favorite tea — including vintage and contemporary Fiesta ® , Fiesta ® ironstone, Hudson, Virginia Rose, Hearthside, Charm House, Vogue, Rhythm, Century, Nautilus Eggshell, Regency, Cavalier, Harlequin, Challenger, Andover Eggshell, Zodiac World’s Fair, Shakespeare, Georgian Eggshell, OvenServe, Carnival, Granada, and Peachtree.

114 years ago today,   April 19, 1909 - McKelvey's advertising annual sale of Laughlin wares -- dinnerware, toiletries, restaurant, and hotel.

69 years ago today,   April 15, 1954 — Turquoise, Yellow, Chartreuse, Rose — Fiesta ®  16-pc. starter sets, at Davis’ Grocery and China Store.

for  National Look Up To The Sky Day,  April 14 —  Some custom Chartreuse Fiesta ® for American Museum of Natural History, celebrating the February 2000 opening of the Rose Center for Earth and Space/Hayden Planetarium, NYC.

137 years ago today,   April 13, 1886 -   Chelsea   design patent, Homer Laughlin and Elljah Chetwynd. In 1886, Homer Laughlin announced his newest shape "Chelsea" -- in competition with the fine translucent porcelain china coming out of England at Chelsea. • January 17, 1886, Crockery and Glass Journal : “Mr. Laughlin’s new shape is at last finished, and the mold makers are now hard at work getting ready a good supply of molds for each piece. Mr. Laughlin has named it ‘Chelsea’.” • February 28, 1886, Crockery and Glass Journal : "Mr. Laughlin will make a full line of think dinner and tea services in his new ‘Chelsea’ shape, as well as medium thick hotel china." • March 4, 1886,  Crockery and Glass Journal: “Homer Laughlin is getting along nicely in the working up of his Laughlin china clay. … The fact that Mr. Laughlin will make thin china has occasioned some excitement in ceramic circles, and quite a number of manufacturing potters have expressed a wish that he m...

  85 years ago - April showers bring Fiesta showers.... April 12, 1938 -- Miss Lillian received her first set of Fiesta dishes. Fiesta dinnerware has been on bridal registries for over eighty years. —  Lewiston Evening Journal

Fiesta ®  Rooster,  for  National Farm Animals Day , April 10 — highlighting some Fiesta ®  Rooster, factory outlet exclusive, c. 2004-2009. Production items included: • 0439, spoon rest, 8”, • 0446 tumbler, 6 1/2 oz., • 0475 mini disk pitcher, 5 oz., • 0479 sugar caddy, 3 1/2” x 2 1/8”, • 0756 rangetop salt & pepper, • 0843 (0831) 4-pc. set (o-ring mug, cereal bowl, salad plate, dinner plate), - 0453 o-ring mug, - 0461 cereal bowl, 19 oz., - 0464 salad plate, - 0466 dinner plate, • 0447 utensil crock, 6 5/8” (not included in initial launch) 2004, 2006, and 2007 Rooster customer order forms.

  54 years ago today,  April 9, 1969 — Amberstone dinner plate, at Safeway.

  137 years ago today, April 8, 1886 — “Mr. Laughlin has gotten through several pretty new filled-in decorations for his 'Shakespeare' dinnerware line in white granite which are of the nature of little vine-like twigs, with very elegant flowers, all painted in subdued colors -- nothing gaudy or loud -- all neat, artistic and quiet. We did not think to inquire what they call these new decorations, but they have them now in stock in the glost warehouse in considerable quantities. Mr. Laughlin reports his white granite trade as quite good -- especially so on Shakespeare dinner and tea ware...” — Crockery & Glass Journal , April 8, 1886 Join FTCCO.org and share your FTC/HLC collecting interests with an active, creative, educational, and charitable, collecting community.

Keep flipping those dishes over! You never know when you’ll come across an amazing dish made by HLC/FTC. Here’s just a few examples of the numerous backstamps! Want to learn more? Check out the link on how to join the Fiesta ® Tableware Company Collectors Organization.   Join FTCCO.org and share your FTC/HLC and Hall China Co. collecting interests with an active, creative, educational, and charitable, collecting community.

  Did you know... 88 years ago this month,  April, 1935  — the art deparment was designing and modeling the vintage Fiesta ® 5 1/2" fruit bowls, which were included in the successful 1936 introduction of Fiesta ® . The smaller 4 3/4" Fiesta ® fruit bowl was produced about 2 years later. Join  FTCCO.org  and share your FTC/HLC and Hall China Co. collecting interests with an active, creative, educational, and charitable, collecting community.

FTCCO celebrated it's 1st Anniversary, March 24th —    in officially opening the organization to register members, the website going LIVE, as well as the Facebook Member Group: Flipping Dishes with FTCCO, and Instagram: flipping_dishes_with_ftcco.   FTCCO celebrates all the FTCCO members, Board, volunteers, associates, retailers, and especially The Fiesta® Tableware Company, in making the FTCCO a huge success! Happy 1st Birthday!

The new spring issue of Flipping Dishes magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, 2023, the publication of the Fiesta Tableware Company Collectors Organization, has been mailed, and is arriving in member’s mailboxes, full of exciting FTCCO news, wonderful articles, and notice of retailer exclusives and products. Members have the opportunity to: •  Learn about Homer Laughlin and the Fiesta Tableware Company history and large variety of historic and current dinnerware lines. • Enjoy an  educational and fun 32-page full color magazine,  Flipping Dishes. • Get acquainted and network with other members with similar interests. • Obtain FTCCO member-only exclusive items produced by The Fiesta Tableware Company. • Participate in future-planned conferences and events. • Join our members-only Facebook group: "Flipping Dishes with FTCCO". Make sure you also follow FTCCO on Instagram @ flipping_dishes_with_ftcco. • Memberships are $40 annually for U.S. members and $50 annually for Canadian memb...

Welcome to the  Fiesta®   Tableware Company Collectors Organization The Fiesta Tableware Company Collectors Organization is an all-volunteer, 501c(3), non-profit. It was formed with the interest and support of The Fiesta Tableware Company (FTC) to educate and network with individuals about one of the last remaining American-made dinnerware companies left in the United States. The FTCCO Board of Directors are experienced collectors with knowledge of all Homer Laughlin lines, dating back to the early 1870s, to the present day lines like Fiesta dinnerware. The Organization is perfect for the novice to even the most seasoned collector.