America’s colorful dinnerware, made in West Virginia
✅ Made in USA
Where Fiesta products are made
Newell, West Virginia
Dinnerware is cast, fired, glazed and finished at the plant the company helped build.
Lead-free glazes
High-fired, FDA-compliant colored glazes have been used since the 1986 relaunch.
Built to use
Pieces are oven-, microwave-, dishwasher- and freezer-safe.
Fiesta is the continuation of the Homer Laughlin China Company (est. 1871); its dinnerware is made entirely in Newell, West Virginia. In 2020 the foodservice divisions and the Homer Laughlin name were sold, but the Fiesta line and its manufacturing stayed in Newell.
The story
Fiesta began life in 1871 as a two-kiln pottery started by the Laughlin brothers, which grew into the Homer Laughlin China Company. In 1936, design director Frederick Rhead introduced the bright, concentric-ring Fiesta line to bring color to Depression-era tables — and it became one of the most recognizable American dinnerware patterns ever made.
Production has run (with a 1986 relaunch) at the plant in Newell, West Virginia, a town the company helped build. In 2020 the business sold its foodservice divisions and the Homer Laughlin name and rebranded its retail operation as the Fiesta Tableware Company — keeping manufacturing, headquarters and the Fiesta line in Newell. Today it makes roughly 3.1 million pieces a year using lead-free glazes and locally sourced clay.
One of the last large-scale American dinnerware makers still producing entirely on home soil.
Why they matter
Dinnerware is a heavily imported category, so a single-plant American pottery is worth celebrating.
Every Fiesta piece supports West Virginia manufacturing jobs and a 150-year pottery tradition on the Ohio River.
Featured products
Browse Fiesta dinnerware available now in the Buy American store.
Frequently asked questions
Is Fiesta made in the USA?
Yes. Every piece of Fiesta dinnerware is made at the company’s own plant in Newell, West Virginia.
Where is it made?
In Newell, in West Virginia’s northern panhandle, on the banks of the Ohio River — at a pottery site in operation since the early 1900s.
What do they make?
Glazed ceramic dinnerware — plates, bowls, mugs, serving pieces and accessories — in the signature Fiesta colors, all lead-free and oven-, microwave-, dishwasher- and freezer-safe.
