FIESTA® WELCOMES TERVIS TUMBLER TO ITS COMPREHENSIVE LINE OF LICENSED PRODUCTS Tumblers Featured in Signature FIESTA Colors
Newell, W.Va.—(July 1, 2009)—The Homer Laughlin China Company™ announces an exclusive licensing agreement between its brand of FIESTA® Dinnerware and Tervis Tumbler; FIESTA insulated tumblers will make their debut in Tervis’ booth at the Gourmet Housewares Show in San Francisco, August 8 – 10, 2009, booth #3355.
“We are pleased to announce the addition of Tervis Tumbler to the FIESTA family of licensed products,” says Rich Brinkman, FIESTA Dinnerware. “Like the dinnerware brand, Tervis enjoys a strong customer following. The partnership is a natural extension of our quality line of licensed products, which now includes everything from cutlery, to glassware, linens, flatware, and more. The insulated tumblers truly round out the brand.”
Sharing a similar long-term history of American-made products, Tervis Tumbler, headquartered in North Venice, Florida, has been producing insulated tumblers since 1946; FIESTA Dinnerware has produced its colorful dishes since 1936 (and Homer Laughlin has been in business since 1870).
“We expect the partnership between us to be an overwhelming success,” says Laura Spencer, CEO, Tervis Tumbler. “FIESTA is a well-respected brand name that represents the American-made tradition that we too pride ourselves on. This, in addition to a shared expectation of exceptional quality, will bring an exciting product to new and existing customers alike.”
Known for the company’s stylish designs that are full of personality, Tervis’ line for FIESTA will feature the signature ‘dancing lady’. Additional items will be available in various multi-colored ‘wrap’ styles that envelope the inner lining of the insulated tumblers.
FIESTA insulated tumblers will be sold in the following five sizes: 12 oz. (the size of a double old fashioned glass), 10 oz. JR-T® (which is slender and tall), 16 oz. (the most popular size), 17 oz. mug, and 24 oz. Big-T® (cleverly designed to fit into a standard sized drink holder).
Tervis Tumblers are virtually indestructible and guaranteed for life. They are microwave, dishwasher and freezer safe.
Double-walled insulation keeps hot drinks hotter or cold drinks colder; longer than traditional drinkware. The tumblers are constructed of a material that resists scratching and discoloration, won’t retain odors like most plastics and offers the clarity and brilliance of glass, yet is safe and practically indestructible.
Look for FIESTA tumblers and ice buckets in stores and online as early as Fall 2009 and online at www.homerlaughlin.com and www.tervis.com. Retail price is as follows: tumblers range from $15 to $24; Ice Bucket $50.
About Fiesta® DinnerwareDesigned by Frederick Hurten Rhead in 1936, FIESTA® Dinnerware is now the most collected china in the United States and among the most collected china in the world. It has been featured on many popular TV programs, including ABC’s Extreme Home Makeover and the Today Show. The product was discontinued in 1973 and reissued in 1986 with new contemporary colors to mark its 50th anniversary. Its unique Art Deco style has landed FIESTA® Dinnerware in the collections of numerous museums from the Smithsonian Institution to the Andy Warhol Museum.
About The Homer Laughlin China Company™The Homer Laughlin China Company™, headquartered in Newell, West Virginia, is the largest domestic producer of china dinnerware in the United States. The company’s distinctive FIESTA® brand is featured on dining tables across the country and coveted by a large, enthusiastic group of collectors. For additional information, please visit the Homer Laughlin™ Web site at www.hlchina.com.
About Tervis TumblerTervis Tumbler prides itself on its high quality and durability and stands behind their products with a comprehensive lifetime guarantee – if anything should happen to the tumblers, they may be returned to Tervis for replacement at no charge. The company strives to uphold the same high standards of quality craftsmanship and customer relations today as it has for decades. Tervis tumblers are available in over 6,000 retail locations throughout the country, at four company-owned stores in Florida and on www.tervis.com. For further information, contact Customer Service at 866.TUMBLER or visit www.tervis.com.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
History of Fiesta®
More interesting information about Fiesta®. . .
FIESTA®, America’s favorite dinnerware, was introduced by The Homer Laughlin China Company with great fanfare at the Pittsburgh China & Glass Show in January, 1936.
FIESTA® was the creation of Frederick Hurten Rhead, a second generation Stoke-on-Trent potter who had become Homer Laughlin’s design director in 1927.
FIESTA® was an immediate hit with the public and, by it’s second year of production, more than one million pieces were produced.
The original five colors were Red, Yellow, Cobalt Blue, Green and Ivory. Turquoise was added early in 1937. The shapes of FIESTA® were created in an Art Deco style with concentric circles highlighting the bright colors.
The first six colors were produced through the 1930’s and 40’s until a change in fashion direction dictated a change to a softer palette of pastel colors at the beginning of the 1950’s. Color trends moved back to brighter colors in the early 1960’s and FIESTA® moved with the trend. By the late 60’s earthtones were in vogue and the dinnerware industry turned in that direction. Popularity of these colors proved to be short-lived and sales began to fall. At the end of 1972, FIESTA® was retired after 37 years of production.
The retired dinnerware line soon became popular with collectors, especially those who had childhood memories of this brightly colored dinnerware. As years passed, the value of the original FIESTA® colors and pieces grew as more people became avid collectors.
In 1985, officials of Bloomingdale’s, the prestigious retailer in New York City approached Homer Laughlin about reproducing a dinnerware line from the past. Soon the two companies agreed that FIESTA® had the greatest chance for commercial success.
In early 1986, Bloomingdale’s introduced a new line of FIESTA® with a new color palette and with improvements to the body and glaze. Homer Laughlin was the country’s leading producer of restaurant china and it was determined that the new FIESTA® should be made of the same durable, restaurant- quality china body as the company’s other products. The ceramic glaze would be lead-free, a comparatively new innovation in the china industry. This new version of FIESTA® was an instant success and a new generation of consumers became converts to FIESTA’s popularity.
Over the next twenty years, new colors have been introduced and FIESTA® has become a trendsetter of color for the housewares industry. In the seventy years since FIESTA® was first produced, there have been a total of 38 colors in the line. Today, Homer Laughlin introduces one new color each year and FIESTA® has become the leading dinnerware brand in casual tabletop, as well as a consistent leader in bridal registries across America. All the while, collectors have continued to add to the dinnerware to which they were first introduced by their mothers and grandmothers.
Today, FIESTA® dinnerware is the most collected dinnerware in the history of the tabletop industry with well over one half billion pieces produced.
FIESTA®, America’s favorite dinnerware, was introduced by The Homer Laughlin China Company with great fanfare at the Pittsburgh China & Glass Show in January, 1936.
FIESTA® was the creation of Frederick Hurten Rhead, a second generation Stoke-on-Trent potter who had become Homer Laughlin’s design director in 1927.
FIESTA® was an immediate hit with the public and, by it’s second year of production, more than one million pieces were produced.
The original five colors were Red, Yellow, Cobalt Blue, Green and Ivory. Turquoise was added early in 1937. The shapes of FIESTA® were created in an Art Deco style with concentric circles highlighting the bright colors.
The first six colors were produced through the 1930’s and 40’s until a change in fashion direction dictated a change to a softer palette of pastel colors at the beginning of the 1950’s. Color trends moved back to brighter colors in the early 1960’s and FIESTA® moved with the trend. By the late 60’s earthtones were in vogue and the dinnerware industry turned in that direction. Popularity of these colors proved to be short-lived and sales began to fall. At the end of 1972, FIESTA® was retired after 37 years of production.
The retired dinnerware line soon became popular with collectors, especially those who had childhood memories of this brightly colored dinnerware. As years passed, the value of the original FIESTA® colors and pieces grew as more people became avid collectors.
In 1985, officials of Bloomingdale’s, the prestigious retailer in New York City approached Homer Laughlin about reproducing a dinnerware line from the past. Soon the two companies agreed that FIESTA® had the greatest chance for commercial success.
In early 1986, Bloomingdale’s introduced a new line of FIESTA® with a new color palette and with improvements to the body and glaze. Homer Laughlin was the country’s leading producer of restaurant china and it was determined that the new FIESTA® should be made of the same durable, restaurant- quality china body as the company’s other products. The ceramic glaze would be lead-free, a comparatively new innovation in the china industry. This new version of FIESTA® was an instant success and a new generation of consumers became converts to FIESTA’s popularity.
Over the next twenty years, new colors have been introduced and FIESTA® has become a trendsetter of color for the housewares industry. In the seventy years since FIESTA® was first produced, there have been a total of 38 colors in the line. Today, Homer Laughlin introduces one new color each year and FIESTA® has become the leading dinnerware brand in casual tabletop, as well as a consistent leader in bridal registries across America. All the while, collectors have continued to add to the dinnerware to which they were first introduced by their mothers and grandmothers.
Today, FIESTA® dinnerware is the most collected dinnerware in the history of the tabletop industry with well over one half billion pieces produced.
Friday, May 29, 2009
New fiesta Colors
Here is something else I found of interest. This was published in Home Furnishing News on 5/11/09:
FiestaWare
1. Scarlet
2. Sunflower
3. Ivory
4. Cobalt
5. Tangerine
Consumers like their Fiestaware bright and bold, as in Scarlet, the brand’s best-selling dinnerware color for several years straight. Ivory, which was only introduced last June, made it to number three in six months’ time, replacing Evergreen. Fiesta’s newest color is Lemongrass, and its newest shape is square (which will be available in eight colors
FiestaWare
1. Scarlet
2. Sunflower
3. Ivory
4. Cobalt
5. Tangerine
Consumers like their Fiestaware bright and bold, as in Scarlet, the brand’s best-selling dinnerware color for several years straight. Ivory, which was only introduced last June, made it to number three in six months’ time, replacing Evergreen. Fiesta’s newest color is Lemongrass, and its newest shape is square (which will be available in eight colors
Thursday, May 14, 2009
HLC History
Something else I found that was of interest to me. An interesting historical perspective, but a little self-serving - typical of HLC.
Best known for the classic and timeless Fiesta®, The Homer Laughlin China Company manufactures china products in shapes, designs and patterns that continue to delight and satisfy customers. Visitors to The Homer Laughlin China Company and Retail Outlet can expect to find unsurpassed craftmanship, state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques and the timeless quality of enduring products.
The Homer Laughlin China Company owes its origin to a two kiln pottery on the banks of the Ohio River in East Liverpool, Ohio. Built in 1871 by Homer Laughlin and his brother Shakespeare, the Laughlin Brothers Pottery was one of the first whiteware plants in the country.
In 1897, Mr. Laughlin sold his interest in the pottery to William Edwin Wells and Louis I. Aaron. Since then, successive generations of the two families have continued to manage the company. In 1907, the headquarters and a new 30 kiln plant were built across the Ohio River in Newell, WV, the present manufacturing and headquarters location.
The turning point in the artistic focus of the company came in 1927 with the addition of noted ceramist Frederick Hurton Rhead. His design vision would culminate in the 1936 introduction of Fiesta®, Homer Laughlin's best selling line, and today one of the most collected china products in the world.
With the introduction of fully vitrified china in 1959, Homer Laughlin was able to participate in the restaurant/hotel markets. Homer Laughlin concentrated its efforts on the food service market and continued to add new shapes, patterns and decorating techniques throughout the 60's and 70's. The reintroduction of Fiesta® in 1986 as a high-fire, fully vitrified, lead free product redefined the standard for both food service and retail china products.
The Homer Laughlin China Company has produced an estimated 25,000 china patterns throughout its 133 year history. A heritage rich in American tradition and innovation has given Homer Laughlin China the fortitude to look to the next century with anticipation of meeting greater challenges
Best known for the classic and timeless Fiesta®, The Homer Laughlin China Company manufactures china products in shapes, designs and patterns that continue to delight and satisfy customers. Visitors to The Homer Laughlin China Company and Retail Outlet can expect to find unsurpassed craftmanship, state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques and the timeless quality of enduring products.
The Homer Laughlin China Company owes its origin to a two kiln pottery on the banks of the Ohio River in East Liverpool, Ohio. Built in 1871 by Homer Laughlin and his brother Shakespeare, the Laughlin Brothers Pottery was one of the first whiteware plants in the country.
In 1897, Mr. Laughlin sold his interest in the pottery to William Edwin Wells and Louis I. Aaron. Since then, successive generations of the two families have continued to manage the company. In 1907, the headquarters and a new 30 kiln plant were built across the Ohio River in Newell, WV, the present manufacturing and headquarters location.
The turning point in the artistic focus of the company came in 1927 with the addition of noted ceramist Frederick Hurton Rhead. His design vision would culminate in the 1936 introduction of Fiesta®, Homer Laughlin's best selling line, and today one of the most collected china products in the world.
With the introduction of fully vitrified china in 1959, Homer Laughlin was able to participate in the restaurant/hotel markets. Homer Laughlin concentrated its efforts on the food service market and continued to add new shapes, patterns and decorating techniques throughout the 60's and 70's. The reintroduction of Fiesta® in 1986 as a high-fire, fully vitrified, lead free product redefined the standard for both food service and retail china products.
The Homer Laughlin China Company has produced an estimated 25,000 china patterns throughout its 133 year history. A heritage rich in American tradition and innovation has given Homer Laughlin China the fortitude to look to the next century with anticipation of meeting greater challenges
Saturday, April 11, 2009
FIESTA® Color Timeline
I found this timeline and thought it would be of interest - it was to me:
Red
1936 - 1943 & 1959 - 1972
Blue (Cobalt)
1936 - 1951
Green (Light)
1936 - 1951
Yellow
1936 - 1969
Old Ivory
1936 - 1951
Turquoise
1937 - 1969
Forest Green
1951 - 1959
Rose
1951 - 1959
Chartreuse
1951 - 1959
Gray
1951 - 1959
Medium Green
1959 - 1969
Antique Gold
1969 - 1972
Turf Green
1969 - 1972
No Fiesta® Production
1972 - 1985
White
1986 -
Black
1986 -
Apricot
1986 - 1998
Rose
1986 - 2005
Cobalt Blue
1986 -
Yellow
1987 - 2002
Turquoise
1988 -
Periwinkle Blue
1989 - 2006
Sea Mist Green
1991 - 2005
Lilac (Limited 2-year run)
1993 - 1995
Persimmon
1995 - 2008
Sapphire (Limited to a few Months)
1996 - 1997
Chartreuse (limited 2 year run)
1997 - 1999
Pearl Gray
1999 - 2001
Juniper
1999 - 2001
Cinnabar
2000 -
Sunflower
2001 -
Plum
2002 -
Shamrock
2002 -
Tangerine
2003 -
Scarlet
2004 -
Peacock
2005 -
Heather
2006 - 2009
Evergreen
2007 -
Ivory
2008 -
Chocolate
2008 -
Red
1936 - 1943 & 1959 - 1972
Blue (Cobalt)
1936 - 1951
Green (Light)
1936 - 1951
Yellow
1936 - 1969
Old Ivory
1936 - 1951
Turquoise
1937 - 1969
Forest Green
1951 - 1959
Rose
1951 - 1959
Chartreuse
1951 - 1959
Gray
1951 - 1959
Medium Green
1959 - 1969
Antique Gold
1969 - 1972
Turf Green
1969 - 1972
No Fiesta® Production
1972 - 1985
White
1986 -
Black
1986 -
Apricot
1986 - 1998
Rose
1986 - 2005
Cobalt Blue
1986 -
Yellow
1987 - 2002
Turquoise
1988 -
Periwinkle Blue
1989 - 2006
Sea Mist Green
1991 - 2005
Lilac (Limited 2-year run)
1993 - 1995
Persimmon
1995 - 2008
Sapphire (Limited to a few Months)
1996 - 1997
Chartreuse (limited 2 year run)
1997 - 1999
Pearl Gray
1999 - 2001
Juniper
1999 - 2001
Cinnabar
2000 -
Sunflower
2001 -
Plum
2002 -
Shamrock
2002 -
Tangerine
2003 -
Scarlet
2004 -
Peacock
2005 -
Heather
2006 - 2009
Evergreen
2007 -
Ivory
2008 -
Chocolate
2008 -
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Lemongrass Comparison
The latest pictures I have seen show a comparison between the new Fiesta Lemongrass, Post '86 Chartreuse and Vintage Chartreuse. The new Lemongrass, appears to have alot more yellow in it than the Chartreuse versions (the Post '86 has the most green, then the Vintage Chartreuse, then the Lemongrass). In my opinion, it is a color that has the most potential to be a hit in the most recently released regular production colors.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Lemongrass Update
Our sources tell us that the initial run of Lemongrass will include the following items: 4pc & 5pc place settings, dinner plate, salad plate, soup/cereal bowl, cereal bowl, mug, fruit dish, luncheon plate, mini disc pitcher, large disc pitcher, salt & pepper (small), java mug, large oval platter, gusto bowl, serving bowl, individual oval platter, companion set and ramekin. The balance of the Lemongrass items are scheduled for release in the fall. The initial pieces will be shipping on approximately July 1, 2009.
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