April 12, 2024
VTG FIESTAWARE RADIOACTIVE RED ORANGE BREAD AND BUTTER PLATE Homer Laughlin
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VTG FIESTAWARE RADIOACTIVE RED ORANGE BREAD AND BUTTER PLATE Homer Laughlin � The Fiesta dinnerware line was introduced in 1936 with a choice of five colors: red, blue, green, yellow and ivory. Red was the first color that the company selected when designing the product, and blue was the second (these were the colors of the Fiesta ware that Andy Warhol collected). Since the idea was to mix and match the dinnerware, the five colors had to be compatible. Fiesta red has always been the most popular color even though it was the most expensive. The higher price was due to the cost of the raw materials and the fact that the production of the red required a greater level of control during the firing process. The red color was achieved by adding uranium oxide in the glaze - measurements have indicated that by weight, up to 14 % of the glaze might be uranium. How much glaze was employed per plate is unclear but it has been estimated that a single plate contains 4.5 grams of uranium (Buckley et al). Piesch et al estimated the glaze thickness at 0.2 mm. Since this uranium could be used in the production of an atomic bomb, Fiesta red became a victim of World War II when the US government confiscated the company’s stocks of uranium. � This bread and butter plate has no cracks but does have some very tiny minor pinpoint chips some utensil
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