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Vintage Fiesta® sauce boats were offered from 1938 (possibly earlier in late 1937) until 1969. It was made in all eleven colors: red, yellow, light green, blue, turquoise, old ivory, chartreuse, forest green, rose, gray, and medium green.
In vintage price lists and advertisements, sauceboat is almost always spelled as two words: sauce boat. With contemporary Fiesta®, it is almost always spelled as one word. For this page, the one word spelling is used.
Vintage Fiesta® sauceboats in old ivory and rose |
There were two debossed markings used on the sauceboat. The first was the HLC-USA mark, which was only used for a few years. The second was the more elaborate Made in USA with HLC logo.
Fiesta® HLC-USA marking |
Fiesta® Made in USA/HLC logo marking |
When Fiesta® was restyled for Sheffield Amberstone in 1967, the marking was removed from the sauceboat. This modified version was also used in Coventry Casualstone (1970) and Fiesta Ironstone (1969-1973). As a result, unmarked sauceboats can be found amber, antique gold, turf green, and red, a.k.a. mango red.
Marmalade and sauceboat in antique gold |
Sauceboat in antiqute gold with no marking |
The sauceboat was reintroduced in 1986. The original mold with the Made in USA and HLC logo was used. However, in 1999, a letter "H" was added to the mold mark. This was done because pearl gray was so similar to vintage gray, and collectors were concerned there would be too much confusion between the two colors, especially when it came to pieces that used the same molds and markings. Besides the sauceboat, the "H" was added to the disc pitcher, juice pitcher, medium and small vases, bud vase, covered sugar, sugar and creamer from the tray set, pyramid candlesticks, and round candlesticks.
Contempoary Fiesta® sauceboats in lilac and rose |
Marking with no H, 1986 to circa 1999 |
Marking with an H, circa 1999 - present |
Periwinkle sauceboat with Bugs Bunny for Warner Bros. stores |
Special overgalze mark on the Bugs Bunny sauceboat |
Sauceboats waiting to be glazed and fired at the factory in Newell, WV |
Contemporary sauceboats have a pronounced dimple inside where the bottom portion of the handle meets the body |
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