Rimas VisGirda on tue 22 nov 11
Thanks Don, somewhere I have an old Aladdin teapot in kind of a mint green.=
Billie has some old Bauer stuff also. Mostly we use the old Fiesta, comple=
te with lead, cadmium (reds/oranges) and uranium (yellows). We have a mixtu=
re of Fiesta and Riviera. The Riviera is thinner and has the squarish lip w=
ith a scallop at the corners, being thinner it is not as common as Fiesta b=
ut quite a bit more elegant. The Fiesta is more like Bauer, although the (o=
ld) Bauer is somewhat cruder. Fiesta came out with retro pieces that made a=
splash during the early 80's, but the colors weren't nearly as seductive a=
s the old production, probably because it was lead free... Billie has been =
collecting, and using, it since college say 30-35 years whereas I've only b=
een using it for the past 25 or so. So far we are OK, I'm starting to have =
problems with arthritis but don't think it's due to the toxins in Fiesta...=
Here's what Bauer says about it's new line. Thanks for the link,
-Rimas
Vintage Bauer Pottery often used leaded glazes. Bauer 2000 has formulated l=
ead free versions of many of the classic colors, as well as expanding the p=
alette with new variations to appeal to contemporary tastes.
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Bonnie Staffel on wed 23 nov 11
What nice memories those Russel Wright photos of pots bring to me. Soon
after my husband and I were married, we ordered a set of RR dishes. They
were affordable to our meager artist income at the time. I don't know what
has happened to them from way back then, but we moved around a lot and
probably were broken or discarded after I started to make my own dishes. In
the set there were dinner plates, salad plates, cups and saucers, a small
pitcher for cream and perhaps a sugar bowl. Going back about 70 years
things get forgotten. If they were glazed with lead, that was not an issue
at that time.
Regards,
Bonnie
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