Anchor Hocking's "FIRE-KING"

Fire-King was produced by the Anchor Hocking Glass Corp. of Lancaster, Ohio during the years from 1940 until 1976. Anchor Hocking created a formula for glassware that was not heat proof, but so durable that it came with a two year guarantee. They called this line of glassware Fire-King. Most pieces are marked, but a few (example: some Royal Ruby) came with paper labels identifying them as part of the Fire-king line. Fire-king came in many colors such as Jade-ite, Sapphire Blue, Turquoise Blue, Milk White, Royal Ruby, Pink and others. Fire-king came with many hand painted decorations from dots to ornate floral patterns. Because of its durability and selection of colors, styles, and patterns, and price this became one of the most popular kitchen dish ware lines in America.

In 2000 Fire-King was re-released by Anchor Hocking in Jade-ite. The pieces have been made from new molds and are not the same as the older Fire-King items. They are also stamped "Fire-King, 2000." Excellent reference books on the subject are:

"Anchor Hocking's Fireking & More"by Gene Florence.

And

"A Collectors Guide to Anchor Hockings Fire.King Glassware" by Garry and Dale Kilgo and Jerry & Gail Wilkins

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