"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> ntantiques wrote:
>> On Jan 23, 2:18 pm, "Chris Marksberry"
>> > wrote:
>>>> I was googling 'large granite ware roaster' that Wayne said, "I
>>>> still have a large granite ware roaster that I use for a lot of
>>>> things.
>>>
>>>> and I come up with this blogspot page with all the rfc postings.
>>>> Is this an rfc page?
>>>
>>>> I don't get it.
>>>
>>>> 'Anyway,' I was wondering because some refer to a 'granny speckled
>>>> roaster.' I've never heard it called that either. Or is large
>>>> granite and granny speckled the same item?
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> Dee Dee
>>>
>>> Here's a picture of Graniteware.
>>>
>>> http://www.goodmans.net/search.asp?t=m&m=97
>>>
>>> I believe Graniteware is a brand name, but the description is
>>> porcelain on steel cookware... it is the speckled-looking cookware.
>>>
>>> I have a small oval roaster that was my mother's, but sadly it had
>>> begun to rust and I can't locate a replacement.
>>
>> Granite ware is a generic term for utilitarian items made of stamped
>> metal (as opposed to molded or cast iron) and coated with enamel. It
>> was available from many different manufacturers and made in many
>> different countries starting in the 19th century. It is still being
>> made, but the newer stuff I've seen doesn't compare in quality to the
>> old stuff. The older stuff was highly collected in the 1980's.
>> Color and pattern made some of it more desirable (and pricier), but
>> whether it was speckled, splotched, hombre, or solid, it was all
>> called Granite ware.
>> It was bread and butter for an antique dealer (snippage)
>
> We're not necessarily talking antique granite ware, granny-ware,
> splatterware... it's still made today. I'm sure the antiques are
> desireable
> and were great for antiques dealers in the day, but you can still buy the
> stuff.
>
> http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/sear...d=granite+ware
>
> http://www.lehmans.com/jump.jsp?item...at=0&i4Cat= 0
>
> You can still buy Fiestaware, too. The production was discontinued for a
> while (due to lead content, I think) but I found a number of bright new
> Fiestaware bowls and a pitcher a few years ago available for sale at (of
> all
> places) 'Cracker Barrel' a few years ago. I saw them and snapped them up.
>
> Not to disparage you in any way, but things which are "antique" are often
> still available today. And quite usable.
>
> Jill


I will see Fiestaware at either Kohl's or TJ Max. No flaws. Since I love
them, they are hard to resist buying all of them. I like bowls best, and
I've seen them almost everytime I go in -- which isn't often, though.

Dee Dee