Fiestaware/Pfaltzgraff/Corelle
carolj79
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Anyone with Fiestaware canisters?
Comments (15)I love Meijers but haven't seen anything glass in mine that that has a nice big scoopable opening. Tricia - are these the glass ones with plastic tops with tabs? Do you have them because I read a lot of bad reviews about them with the tabs breaking or being hard to push close. No they do not have to be decorative. Have yet to check out the stainless steel in BB&B I was looking at Pflatzgraf but they are very cagey on their website about where its made- somehow I think if it was made in the US they would put it right out there. "The brand has remained in York ever since. " That quote, following this long story about the family business in New York is followed by.... In 2005 Pfaltzgraff joined the family of Lifetime Brands, Inc. Lifetime Brands is a leading designer, developer and marketer of home products by some of America's best known and most respected brands including Farberware®, KitchenAid®, Cuisinart®, Hoffritz®, Calvin Klein®, Wallace®, Towle®, Sasaki®, Joseph Abboud and a host of others. Geez Jen - if you check back would you mind measuring the opening of your largest Fiestaware? The website says 9/24 tall and its certainly taller than wide so I suspect its not that big an opening? Be nice if I were wrong. My cup measuring scoop (well I have several) is a "cuisipro" and the cup is 4" long. Thanks!...See MoreEveryday dishes - porcelain, bone china or Corelle
Comments (67)Excited to share that after much deliberation, GW thread reading, and sale price watching, my new everyday dishes have arrived. I decided to go with bone china, in the hopes that they would prove chip resistant, and grey cutlery mark resistant. I am so sick of those gray lines. I was also inspired that my two sets of pfaltzgraff dishes combined were down to 5 plates and 3 bowls. Comments from the family peanut gallery like 'why dont we ever have plates' pushed me to decision making 'code red'. I got a great deal at Macy's with a buy 1, get one place setting offer. I got 5 place settings of Lenox, Tin Can Alley 4 and five of Tin Can Alley 7. It also seriously considered Wedgewood Nantucket Basket but it is made in China and the Lenox is made in the US- clincher! The in-store price was less than the on-line price, and in-store still honored the bogo. Plus I got my 15% of macy's card discount. All told the 10 4 piece place settings delivered to my house came in at less than $350- I thought that was awesome. Now I can serve Thanksgiving in style! Last night we used the new dishes at dinner and it was lovely. The thinness of the china is a delight after heavy stoneware. It looks so pretty, even when dirty and loaded in the dishwasher. Thanks GW for inspiring, and educating....See MoreCorelle warning - edge splinters!
Comments (20)I wasn't suggesting that everyone get rid of their Corelle, just letting you know that on the old plates they can look intact and you can still get hurt - don't need to drop one. I looked and I could see where the white was wearing off the edge, and it looked a little clearer (if that makes sense) so it must be wear, maybe from DW since I don't store them on edge. The edges aren't chipped, just look worn. I never noticed any rough spots. But I'm glad it was me and not DD who got a splinter from picking up a plate. So check your edges! I only had 4 plates, all old, wasn't worth keeping the others to see if the same thing happens again. (and yes, I know glass shatters - I've had a Ball jelly jar fall out of the dish drainer and hit the tile floor, that was a mess that sent shards 15 ft away, but I've never known it to splinter on an edge)...See MoreFiestaWare
Comments (21)I have old (a.k.a. "1936") and new (a.k.a. "Post 86") Fiesta. At first the new stuff was neutral (black, white, gray) or pastel (peach, rose, light yellow, light blue). Since then, the colors have become much more saturated and the focus is on bright or deep. Most of the colors are translucent (you can easily see the concentric circles of lighter color), but some are opaque (the lines are obscured). Some of my lighter plates/bowls have abundant unsightly utensil marks on them - not sure if this is a problem inherent in the light color or maybe a problem with the dye they used twenty years ago that they've since corrected. Some colors have been permanently "retired," while others have been "discontinued," which means they could be reissued as color trends in design change. All colors are available on eBay, but some sellers are (inadvertently? unscrupulously?) identifying discontinued colors as retired, so do some research on Fiesta collector sites before buying. What you buy just depends on what calls out to you. Some colors look spectacular together; some look ghastly. As I obsessively page through kitchen idea books/mags, I see TONS of Fiesta in glass-fronted cabinets. I notice that the professionally designed photos (magazines, retailers) show cabinets filled with only one or two colors of Fiesta, which looks very attractive...and makes me a tad regretful. The photos of REAL kitchens reflect the riot of often visually discordant colors that we long-time-collectors-with-little-self-control own. But it's a fun look. If you buy it retail, never pay full price; it frequently goes on sale. Also, I now buy separates instead of the 5-piece place settings. (For example, we prefer a bowl that is smaller than the one that comes in the place setting..and we have QUITE ENOUGH cups and saucers, although they've recently started offering a place setting with the way-cute mug instead of the cup/saucer.) Since the issue of black came up (albeit mistakenly), I'll add this: Homer Laughlin has been trying to retire black forever; however, they continue to get huge orders from restaurant chains for it. Sorry for the ramble. As a recently joined (but obsessive) lurker, I've learned so much here, so I'm happy to finally contribute!...See Moreparma42
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