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fiestaware, you gotta love it, but which isold and which is new? this is a lot fiestaware. it is a lot of fiestaware. was it this onedealer just come through and just decide they focus on it? yes, they do. a lot of peopledo focus on it because it's such bright colors and it can mix and match so well. do you thinkthat the popularity also comes back from a sense of nostalgia? i think that anythingthat you, just about, you find in an antique mall really comes back to nostalgia, but particularlythe fiesta. most of us had parents or grandparents that had it when we were children, we grewup with it. my parents grew up with it. i inherited some turquoise color fiestawareand there's so many different colors that it comes in. originally they came out withfive. so, there were five different colors,

are they all represented here? well, the cobaltblue, and the light green, the golden orange and the ivory. they also made a red that'sreally an orange color. oh, i see. were the five original colors. so, if you're lookingfor, because they're still making it today. they do. right, right. they do. so, if you'reinterested in the early stuff, you're limited to a certain number of colors. that's correct.there are other marks that you should be looking for? well, on the back, the small f indicatesthat it's an older piece. ah, so a lowercase f. a lowercase f. would for fiesta. uh huh.okay, alright. and did the early pieces, because i know a lot early pottery had lead in it?i did. or the glazes? the glazes had lead in it. yeah, yeah. the one's they make noware lead free, and in fact, most of them probably

will say lead free on the back. oh, okay,so these are the newer one's? these are the newer colors over here. okay, so on the backhere. it does say. and the letter f is uppercase. correct. the fact that it's made a come back,we see this, don't we, with just about everything? that's right, history repeats itself. well,everything becomes popular again, here we have fiestaware. well, thank you so much,brenda, it's been very helpful. well, you're just very welcome. hey, if you're enjoyingwatching these tips on ehow, make sure you tell a friend about them. there're lots ofthem, and subscribe to ehow home. yeah, i really love this color and my aunt ended upgiving me about 20 pieces of this, i'd like to collect more of it actually.

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