Fire-King Glassware

Fire-King Glassware is the brand name of heat resistant glass made by Anchor-Hocking from 1942 to the late 1970s. Fire-King is the brand name and it can be classified further by pattern and by color.

The Fire-King family of kitchenware includes Fire-King Oven Wear and Fire-King Restaurant Ware. There were also numerous Fire-King promotional and advertising items made throughout the years. Currently Fire-King (and especially Fire-King Mugs) are very popular collectibles.

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Fire-King Patterns (I will be adding a page for each pattern) 1700 Line Alice Blue Mosaic Charm Fire-King Oven Glass Fleurette Game Bird Harvest Homestead Honeysuckle Jane Ray Laurel Meadow Green Peach Blossom Philbe Primrose Rainbow Restaurant Ware Royal Shell Swirl Three Bands Turquoise Blue Wheat In addition to the named patterns, there were other Fire-King kitchenware items made, such as: Advertising Items Ashtrays Bowls Butter Dishes Candy Dishes Egg Plates Mixing Bowls Mugs Pitchers Range Sets (includes Grease Jar and Shakers) Vases

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Fire-King Glassware Colors
Jadite (which may also be spelled Jade-ite, Jad-ite or Jadeite) is the translucent green color. Jadite is the name of the color, not a pattern name and it is not exclusive to Fire-King or even Anchor-Hocking. However, it is most closely associated with Fire-King and is the most popular color.
White - Many Fire-King patterns and pieces were made in white. This white glass is not referred to as "milkglass" and it is more translucent than milkglass. Many of the White Fire-King pieces have decals or decorative edges.
Vitrock - Anchor-Hocking sometimes called their white color "Vitrock". This is more opaque and less shiny than the "regular white" and may also be a light beige or off-white. These pieces were also made with decals and decorative edges.
Azur-ite - is a very light blue. Actually it looks more like white with a blue tint.
Peach Lustre - is s very shiny peach color. (After 1966 Anchor Hocking called this color Lustre.)
Ivory - is a very light beige translucent color.
Gray - is a very soft gray, it looks more like a white with a gray tint.
Turquoise Blue - is a very pretty translucent medium to soft blue.
Lustre is the name used for the Peach Lustre color after 1966.
Pink - a soft translucent pink used in the Swirl oven ware pattern.
Rainbow - the Rainbow pattern was made in pastel and primary colors that included Pink, Tangerine, Blue, Green, Yellow

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Fire-King Glassware Markings
Not all Fire-King was marked as such, but most are marked. Here is a guide to the markings used:
1942 to 1945 - FIRE-KING in block letters
1942 to 1945 - OVEN FIRE-KING GLASS
Mid 1940's - OVEN FIRE-KING WARE (Block or Script Lettering)
Mid to late 1950's - OVEN Fire-King WARE MADE IN U.S.A. ("Fire-King" is written in in script)
1951 to 1960 ANCHOR HOCKING OVEN Fire-King WARE MADE IN U.S.A. ("Fire-King" is in script)
1960 to late 1960's ANCHOR HOCKING OVEN Fire-King DINNERWARE MADE IN U.S.A. ("Fire-King" is in script)
Late 1960's to early 1970's ANCHOR HOCKING OVEN Fire-King OVEN-PROOF MADE IN U.S.A. ("Fire-King" is in script)
Mid 1970s to late 1970's ANCHOR HOCKING OVEN Fire-King Suburbia OVEN-PROOF MADE IN U.S.A. ("Fire-King" is in script)
Some pieces through the years are marked with an Anchor symbol (the Anchor-Hocking trademark) and / or the words "oven Proof" or "Heat Proof". Some pieces are also marked with numbers - these are batch numbers. Peices marked with only a capital F are not Fire-King or Anchor Hocking items. The capital "F" is the trademark for Federal Glass. Pieces with an H over an A (the A is inside the H) are Hazel Atlas.

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