6 - 'EL PATIO' FIESTA STYLE & COLOR 3-1/2" HIGH POTTERY JUICE TUMBLERS GUC USA

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THESE ARE 6 - JUICE TUMBLERS MEASURING 3-1/2" HIGH x 2-13/16" ACROSS AT THE TOPS.  ALTHOUGH THESE ARE IN 'FIESTA' COLORS AND ARE MARKED 'MADE IN U.S.A.', I DON'T THINK THEY ARE TRUE FIESTA BY HOMER LAUGHLIN.  THE WEIGHT OF THE POTTERY IS ABOUT RIGHT AND SO ARE THE COLORS, BUT THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE TUMBLERS IS A BIT DIFFERENT THAN MOST OF THE H. LAUGHLIN FIESTA TUMBLERS THAT I HAVE SEEN ON EBAY.
I HAVE NOW BEEN INFORMED BY A SMART EBAY VIEWER THAT THESE ARE THE VINTAGE GLADDING-McBEAN JUICE TUMBLERS.  IN DOING A BIT OF RESEARCH ON THESE NOW THAT I KNOW WHO MADE THEM, THEY WERE MADE IN THE LATE 1930'S TO THE EARLY 1940'S IN THE 'EL PATIO' PATTERN AND SOME OF THE SAME COLORS AS THE HOMER LAUGHLIN FIESTA.
THE GLADDING-McBEAN COMPANY IS NOW LISTED AS FRANCISCAN ON THE CHINA REPLACEMENTS WEB SITES.  THESE WERE CALLED 'CUPS WITHOUT HANDLES' AS THEY WERE PRODUCED WITH EITHER WOODEN OR METAL HOLDERS WITH HANDLES THAT THE CUPS FIT DOWN INTO.  THE REPLACEMENT SITE SAYS THE SIZE IS 3-5/8" IN HEIGHT AND THESE SEEM TO BE JUST A TINY BIT LESS THAN THAT, SO I CALLED THEM 3-1/2".  AFTER LOOKING AT THIS INFORMATION AND THE SHAPE OF THE TUMBLERS AT THE BOTTOM, I AM SURE THAT MY FRIENDLY INFORMANT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT AS TO THE MANUFACTURER!
THERE ARE TWO (2) OF THE RED/ORANGE COLOR, TWO (2) OF THE AQUA BLUE, ONE (1) OF THE LIGHT GREEN, AND ONE (1) OF THE COBALT BLUE COLOR.
THESE TUMBLERS HAVE A SMALL CURVE AT THE BOTTOM WHERE THEY FORM THE BASE.  THE NORMAL FIESTA TUMBLERS DO NOT CURVE AND JUST HAVE A MORE STRAIGHT ANGLE DOWN TO THE BASE.  THE ONLY MARKINGS ON THE BOTTOMS SAY 'MADE IN U.S.A.' AND THERE IS NO MENTION OF 'FIESTA' OR HOMER LAUGHLIN ON THIS LOVELY JUICE TUMBLERS.
THERE ARE NO CHIPS, CRACKS, CRAZING, SCUFFS, OR SCRATCHES ON THE SURFACES OF MOST OF THEM.  THERE ARE A FEW SLIGHTLY LIGHTER SPOTS WHERE THE COLOR IS NOT EVEN, BUT NOTHING REALLY NOTICEABLE.  THE ONLY MORE NOTICEABLE MANUFACTURING FLAWS ARE ON ONE OF THE AQUA TUMBLERS - THERE IS A SLIGHT RAISED PIN-POINT SPOT AND A LIGHT SPOT THAT LOOKS LIKE A TINY BUBBLE BURST WHEN THE COLOR AND GLAZE WAS APPLIED, LEAVING IT WHITE.  I HAVE TRIED TO SHOW THESE FLAWS IN PHOTOS #6 & #7.
IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHO MADE THESE JUICE TUMBLERS OR IF THEY REALLY ARE DONE BY HOMER LAUGHLIN, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME THE INFORMATION - I'M ALWAYS WILLING TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW!
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