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Fleurette, Honeysuckle, Anniversary Rose, and unidentified "Bouquet"
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The
Kimberly Mugs
The
Kimberly mugs include just a few rare examples, but are otherwise common
and very inexpensive. To my thinking these are the homeliest mugs
produced in the Fire-King lines. According to the Japanese Fire King
Mug Book, (as translated to me) the pattern was named for a diamond mine
in Africa and designed to resemble the raw diamond ore. The results
were achieved in a mug that is as ugly as a dirt rock. – even the very
rare ones!
The
jadeite Kimberly mug is very rare and I’ve never seen one offered for sale,
as it has been reported to me that only 4 were made. The value of
this mug could exceed $500 today. Other rare Kimberly mugs are shown
below. Luckily this is a shape that was not copied by other glass
makers so if you find this in a flea market you can be assured it is an
Anchor Hocking product.
The dark amber mug is actually
not Fire-King but there are some genuine ones in this color. Pretty
common. The next one is a different story. The light amber
or nearly crystal mug is very rare indeed. I’ve seen only one on
Ebay during 2004. These are presented side by side so the difference
is easily seen.
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A very common graduated blue
color, and a common peach luster example.
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Common orange and yellow
graduating color mugs. Same color shading is easily found in other
colors too.
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A fairly rare mug called
Aurora, but also referred to as pearl luster, or opalescent. |
A standard white mug,
without the iridescence of the Aurora mug. |
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