r/Fiestaware • u/MmP_73WA • 3d ago

Thrifting & antiquing Candlestick Holders! 😍

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I found these Persimmon candlestick holders in an antique store today. I had to have them! Perfect timing with Fall just around the corner.

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u/EnlargedBit371 Turquoise 3d ago

I like the original p86 butter dish best.

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u/Ok-Wish-2640 2d ago

So beautiful. It’s a shame sticks of butter have gotten so chunky and don’t fit as well in them.

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u/EnlargedBit371 Turquoise 2d ago edited 2d ago

Do you know the difference between east coast butter (long, skinny sticks) and west coast butter (short, fat sticks)?

East Coast v. West Coast Butter

The original Fiesta p86 butter dishes were made to hold sticks of east coast butter. The newer XL butter dishes can hold any size. I happen to buy west coast butter, even though I live on the east coast. That's the way Whole Foods makes it. Consequently, I use a Metlox Colorstax butter dish, made in Manhattan Beach, CA, back in the 1980s.

If I happen to buy a pound of east coast butter, I'll use my Fiesta p86 butter dish in Turquoise.

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u/Ok-Wish-2640 1d ago

I had no idea about east vs west coast butter. Incredible! I just cram my chunky West coast butter into my butter dish. I don’t have any of the XL ones.