Fire King

Fire King is an affordable houseware collectible found in antique stores, garage sales, flea markets, and thrift stores, as well as on the Internet.

The Fire King line includes bowls, casseroles, cups, plates, serving platters, creamers, vases and more. Fire King is not designed for dishwasher use, which can dull its original lustre and remove any applied paint decorations.FireKing was originally produced in the 1940s for everyday use, rather than display. It was often sold in bags of flour as a promotional item or was given away at gas stations.

Fire King could also be purchased at local grocery and hardware stores.Jadeite Restaurant Ware is most popular among some collectors. It is a creamy jade color. Martha Stewart popularized this pattern by using it on her TV show. Fire King solid glass colors come in rose-ite (creamy pink), turquoise blue, azur-ite (light pale blue), white, and ivory. It can also be a fired-on coating over crystal in shades of pastel green, pastel blue, pastel peach, pastel yellow, primary orange, primary blue, primary yellow and primary green. These fired on colors are part of the pattern Rainbow. Rainbow is not technically Fire King, but included in the same category with most collector books. There is also a fired on Peach Lustre color that comes in several patterns.