Everyday stonewear, made in USA?

**KnottedYet** · 12-30-2007, 12:47 PM

I really like the shape of that Jumbo Mug.

After I get my HUGE Fiestaware order and use them for a while, I'll start thinking about what color of Jumbo Mug to order. (that sunflower-y color is appealing)

**smilingcat** · 12-30-2007, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by carpaltunnel

KnottedYet, you're thinking the same as a lot of us probably are. I bought a 19.95 set of M i k a s a from the factory outlet store (closing sale) just before the whole China/lead information hit, and they are still in the garage in boxes, waiting for me to figure out if they are safe or not.

Mikasa is Japanese. It should be high fire porcelain with no lead.

Smilingcat

**Zen** · 12-30-2007, 03:48 PM

Oh, I have long coveted FiestaWare...most of my stuff came from box lots at estate sales.

**Xrayted** · 12-30-2007, 04:27 PM

I've always liked the FiestaWare too. I love the colors you picked, Knot.

Oooh, I like these too. Dangit, don't get me started...

**salsabike** · 12-30-2007, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by Xrayted

I've always liked the FiestaWare too. I love the colors you picked, Knot.

Oooh, I like these too. Dangit, don't get me started...

Yeah, I was ogling the Indigo too. Man, that's gorgeous.

**sundial** · 12-30-2007, 04:49 PM

Ok, I'm late to the party but I bought earthware pottery from Good Earth Pottery located in Evening Shade, AR. Yep, there really is an Evening Shade.

Here's the website. http://www.goodearthpottery.com/

I bought the pottery with ivy leaf design.

Knot, enjoy the Fiesta ware.

**Tuckervill** · 12-30-2007, 05:40 PM

Originally Posted by sundial

Ok, I'm late to the party but I bought earthware pottery from Good Earth Pottery located in Evening Shade, AR. Yep, there really is an Evening Shade.
.

Ha! I crashed in a plane in Evening Shade, Arkansas. (I survived.)

Karen

**sundial** · 12-30-2007, 05:46 PM

Oh my goodness--that's crazy! Did you get a big settlement??

**smilingcat** · 12-30-2007, 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by sundial

Ok, I'm late to the party but I bought earthware pottery from Good Earth Pottery located in Evening Shade, AR. Yep, there really is an Evening Shade.

Here's the website. http://www.goodearthpottery.com/

I bought the pottery with ivy leaf design.

Knot, enjoy the Fiesta ware.

OMG!!!

Those tea pots are gorgeous!! sigh... I can't buy anymore pottery. almost all the dinnerware we use are hand made. very few production stuff. still the goodearthpottery looks just so luscious. I want to stroke it, touch it...

me terrible.

Smilingcat

**SouthernBelle** · 12-31-2007, 04:26 AM

At least those who love the indigo know what to put at the top of the list for NEXT Christmas!

Maybe we should start our own Homer Laughlin cult.

**sundial** · 12-31-2007, 08:36 AM

Originally Posted by smilingcat

OMG!!!

Those tea pots are gorgeous!! sigh... I can't buy anymore pottery.

Smilingcat

Yes you can! You NEED a 2008 tea pot to celebrate your miles you put in.
Don't you just love enablers?

By the way, he uses clay from his pond and makes his own glazes.

**Lifesgreat** · 12-31-2007, 09:47 AM

OK, this is a bit off topic, but here goes:

I LOVE stoneware, earthenware or whatever it is called and I love going to festivals and buying dishes.

I went to a festival a couple of years ago and fell in love with a certain vendor's creations. I bought bowls, etc. and use them all the time. She looked familiar to me and after talking to her husband, learned she is the mother of an old boyfriend of mine from 25 years ago

I still see her at a certain festival and continue to buy her wares, despite being dumped by her son.

Besides, if he hadn't broken up with me, I would have never met DH! So things turned out great-wonderful husband and spiffy dishes!

Small world.

**salsabike** · 12-31-2007, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by smilingcat

For food use, find pottery with glossy finish on the inside, matt finish, crackled finish on the outside is fine. Do not use crystalline glaze finish.

smilingcat

Smilingcat, if you get a moment, I too would like to know the difference in looks between glossy and crystalline finish.

**Trek420** · 12-31-2007, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by salsabike

Smilingcat, if you get a moment, I too would like to know the difference in looks between glossy and crystalline finish.

I'm guessing because food particles could get trapped in the glaze? Would it be ok on the outside of the peice? Because I like crystalline glazed work.

**Tuckervill** · 12-31-2007, 04:33 PM

Originally Posted by sundial

Oh my goodness--that's crazy! Did you get a big settlement??

Maybe I should have said "crash-landed". I wasn't injured. I'm probably one of the very few people who can say she flew through power lines and lived to tell about it. Temps hovering around 5 degrees make for very fragile power lines...broken windshields make for very scary fuel pouring in the cabin...snow covered cow pastures make for very bumpy dead-stick landings...

And it was my 25th birthday.

Karen

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