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Vintage Fiesta® Compartment Plates
The vintage Fiesta® line had two sizes of compartment plates with diameters of 11 ¾" and 10 ½".
The 11 ¾" compartment plate was part of the original assortment in January 1936. However, by March 1937, it was replaced by the smaller, 10 ½" version. This was the first major change to the Fiesta® line.
Like all other vintage Fiesta® plates, saucers, and platters, the compartment plates were fired in saggers and have sagger pin marks along with glazed or "wet" feet. The larger size was not marked, but the 10 ½" compartment plate was usually given an underglaze Fiesta® backstamp.
11 ¾" compartment plates can be found in the first five colors only: red, (light) green, blue, yellow, and old ivory.
10 ½" compartment plates were made in the first ten colors (no medium green): red, (light) green, blue, yellow, and old ivory, turquoise, rose, gray, forest green, and chartreuse.
11 ¾" compartment plate in yellow, 10 ½" compartment plate in forest green |
Backs of the compartment plates: large ones have a "double foot" for support, small ones have a single foot |
Contemporary Fiesta® Compartment Plate
The Fiesta® 9" divided plate was modeled on June 17, 2016. Unlike the vintage compartment plates with their wide rims, the newer version was made in a pellet/bistro style.
These were not put into regular production; however, examples were made in lemongrass. They were offered at the factory's Everything Fiesta® outlet store in Sutton, West Virginia on May 5, 2025.
9" compartment plate in lemongrass |
9" compartment plate with its debossed marking |
Vintage 10 ½" compartment plate in blue, 9" compartment plate in lemongrass |
Hall China Compartment Plate
The Hall China Company made several different compartment plates. Their #1901 shape compartment plate was glazed in Fiesta® colors in the early 2000s.
Shown below are five #1901 plates in white, scarlet, cobalt, tangerine, and shamrock.
Hall China's #1901 plate in Fiesta® glazes |
Hall's marking on a scarlet #1901 plate |
Hall's marking on a tangerine #1901 plate |
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