Fire-King Jadeite Dishes - Banded Pattern Identification

Banded Jadeite Dishes: How to Identify this Fire-King Pattern

Identifying the Fire-King Jadeite Banded Design

“Banded” Fire-King Jadeite dishes came in One Band, Two Bands or Three Bands.

Banded is not the official name for this pattern; it’s a description given by collectors.

The Bands vary in their design, however they’re all considered the same pattern by collectors.

Scalloped bands can be found on the:

One Band cup
One Band saucer
Two Band chili bowl

Fire-King Jadeite One Band Cup and Saucer. Note the scalloped edge on the outside of the cup. The One Band cup and saucer are extremely hard to find and have sold for thousands of dollars on eBay.

This is a low quality image. We are working on finding a better one.

Three bands around the inside ridge with pointed accents can be found on the:

Three Band vegetable bowl
Three Band dinner plate
Three Band cup?

The hard to find Fire-King Jadeite Three Band Vegetable Bowl.

Current Prices for Jadeite Dishes

Collector’s Notes on Banded Fire-King Jadeite Dishes

The One Band cup and saucer are the rarest pieces to find in this pattern, as well as the Three Band dinner plate. However, any Banded Jadeite dishes seem extremely hard to find in Jadeite. You’ll find this pattern easier to collect in Ivory, Burgundy/Maroon and Peach Lustre.

We’ve seen sellers incorrectly list Colonial mixing bowls and Colonial Batter Bowls as “Banded” bowls on eBay. Although the Colonial bowl and Batter Bowls do have a band around the outside top of the bowl, they are not part of the Banded pattern. The only bowls to collect in the Banded pattern are the chili bowl and vegetable bowl.

We have been collecting for 10+ years and have only acquired the Three Band vegetable bowl in this pattern for our collection. As of writing this, there is only one for sale on eBay currently.

If you are motivated to collect this pattern, we recommend setting up a Saved Search on eBay to receive email alerts of new listings, as some Jadeite dishes in this set do not come up for sale very often.