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Fiesta ware
1936
Newell, Hancock County, West Virginia
Thayne Tuason · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Homer Laughlin's pottery on the Ohio put out a line of plain concentric-ringed dishes in five hard colours in 1936 and accidentally defined what American kitchens looked like for a generation. The original red glaze used uranium oxide and was pulled during the war when the government wanted the uranium, which is why collectors still wave Geiger counters at flea markets. The plant is still running.
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