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FIRE KING OVEN GLASS
EGGSHELL / IVORY WHITE / PEARL
OPAQUE COLOR
TWO HANDLED DISH
TRIVET OR PAN REST
FOR A CAKE, PIE OR CASSEROLE
VINTAGE / RETRO
RARE PIECE OF GLASS
ORNATE SCROLL DESIGN ON SIDES, FACE AND HANDLES
NOT PICTURED WELL
MEASURES ABOUT 1.5" HIGH
AND ABOUT 10.5" FROM HANDLE TO HANDLE
CIRCA 1950 - 1960
NO CHIPS OR CRACKS.
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FYI
Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation is a manufacturer of glassware. The Hocking Glass Company was founded in 1905 by Isaac Jacob (Ike) Collins. That company merged with the AnchorCap and Closure Corporations in 1937. Anchor Hocking is primarily located in Lancaster, Ohio. (Plant #44 is located in Monaca, Pennsylvania.) The first glassware they produced as the Anchor Hocking Glass Company was Royal Ruby in 1939. They manufacture many brands of glass including:
Royal Ruby Glass
Forest Green Glass
Fire King
Anchor Ovenware
The company was the sponsor of the radio drama "Casey, Crime Photographer."
Fire-King is an Anchor Hocking brand of glassware similar to Pyrex and made of low expansion borosilicate glass and is ideal for oven use.
History
Fire-King was originally produced in the 1940s for everyday use, rather than display. It was often sold in bags of flour as a promotional item or was given away at gas stations. Fire-King could also be purchased at local grocery and hardware stores. Several varieties of Fire King dishes were made; nesting bowls, dessert bowls, glass beverage containers, casserole dishes, mugs and more. The antique bowls, or nesting bowls, produced by the Anchor Hocking Company are a very popular collector’s item. The Fire King bowls are actually vintage and not yet antique bowls. But despite this fact these bowls are one of the most sought after collectible dishes.
Products
The Fire-King line includes bowls, casseroles, cups, plates, serving platters, creamers, vases and more. Fire-King is not designed for dishwasher use, which can dull its original lustre and remove any applied paint decorations.
Patterns and colors
There are many decalled patterns that are very popular including Blue Mosaic, Wheat, Primrose, Fleurette, Forget Me Not and Anniversary Rose. Patterns with solid glass colors are Swirl/Shell(1965-76), Sheaves of Wheat(Laurel 1952-63), , Jane Ray, Alice, Fish Scale, Three Bands(1952-56) Restaurant Ware, 4000 Line and 1700 Line.
Jade-ite Restaurant Ware is most popular among some collectors. It is a creamy jade color. Martha Stewart popularized this pattern by using it on her TV show. In 2000 Fire-King was re-released by Anchor Hocking in Jade-ite. The pieces have been made from new molds and are not the same as the older Fire-King items. They are also stamped "Fire-King, 2000." Excellent reference books on the subject are: "Anchor Hocking's Fireking & More"by Gene Florence.
"A Collectors Guide to Anchor Hocking's Fire King Glassware" by Garry and Dale Kilgo and Jerry & Gail Wilkins
Fire-King solid glass colors come in rose-ite (creamy pink), turquoise blue, azur-ite (light pale blue), white, and ivory. It can also be a fired-on coating over crystal in shades of pastel green, pastel blue, pastel peach, pastel yellow, primary orange, primary blue, primary yellow and primary green. These fired on colors are part of the pattern Rainbow. Rainbow is not technically Fire-King, but included in the same category with most collector books. There is also a fired on Lustre color finish that comes in several patterns and a few colors, grey, white and the most popular Peach.
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