Charm Jadeite Dishes: Fire-King Pattern Identification Guide

How to Identify the Fire-King Charm Design

Charm is the only square shaped pattern of Jadeite dishes and is easy to identify. Charm’s timeless design makes them very desired by collectors, and pricier than other Jadeite patterns.

The bottom of the plates have a “Jane Ray” style rayed border around the base, with a plain center. ([wpcode id=”10617″] Picture coming soon.)

Collector’s Notes on Charm Fire-King Jadeite Dishes

Charm Jadeite dishes were only produced for 4 or 6 years. Compared to the long run of other patterns like Jane Ray (18 years), the short production time for this pattern makes it harder to find. “It’s new, it’s different – and practical, too!” a newspaper ad claims from 1949.

Choose “Jade-ite for Charm and Color”. A modern 16-piece luncheon set with service for four, including 4 plates, 4 cups, 4 saucers and 4 utility bowls. The 16-piece Charm luncheon set sold for $1.98 in 1949.

Consumers had to purchase the 7 ⅜” salad bowl separately to complete the set. This makes them harder to find today. The 11” x 8” platter is the rarest and most coveted piece from this pattern by collectors and is hard to find. They are rare and don’t come up often for sale on eBay. Only two Jadeite Charm platters were listed on eBay in the last 3 months when I checked in May, 2022.

Some Charm Jadeite dishes even featured hand-painted designs and can occasionally be found on eBay.

If you are wanting 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.

Fire-King Markings for Charm Jadeite Dishes

Most Charm dishes are unmarked, however the ones that are will have the “OVEN Fire-King GLASS” trademark which was used from 1948 to 1950.

“MADE IN THE U.S.A” started to be added to some Fire-King patterns in the 1950s, but as far as we know, this wasn’t featured on the Charm pattern.

Learn more: How to Identify Fire-King Jadeite Dish Markings

Years Made

[wpcode id=”10617″] Charm Jadeite dishes were either produced from 1950-1954 or 1950-1956.

Learn More: The History of Jadeite Dishes

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Model Number(s)

• G2200 / 2    16 piece Jadeite Luncheon Set:
  • 4 G2279 cups
  • 4 G2229 5 ⅜” saucers
  • [wpcode id=”10617″] 4 G2275 4 ¾” cereal/dessert bowls
  • [wpcode id=”10617″] 4 G2241 8 ⅜” luncheon/dinner plates
• G2277 7 ⅜” Square bowl

[wpcode id=”10617″] Unknown Model Numbers:

• 9 ¼” dinner plate
• 8 ⅜” luncheon plate
• 7 ⅜” salad bowl
• 6 ⅝” salad plate
• 6” soup bowl
• 11” x 8” platter
• Sugar dish
• Creamer

Other Colors

Along with Jadeite, Fire-King Charm dishes were also produced in these colors:

• Delphite Blue / Azurite (milky light blue)
• Forest Green (translucent green)
• Royal Ruby (translucent red)

Fire-King Charm Dishes Made in Jadeite

Collect them all! Here are the Fire-King Charm dishes made in Jadeite:

• 16 piece Jadeite Luncheon Set:
  • 4 8 oz cups
  • 4 5 ⅜” saucer
  • 4 4 ¾” cereal/dessert bowls
  • 4 8 ⅜” luncheon/dinner plates
• 8 oz cup
• 5 ⅜” saucer
• 9 ¼” dinner plate
• 7 ⅜” salad bowl
• 6 ⅝” salad plate
• 6” soup bowl
• 11” x 8” platter
•  Sugar dish
•  Creamer

Research Sources

Learn more about Jadeite dishes with these collector guides, available on Amazon:

Florence, Gene. Anchor Hocking’s Fire-King & More: Identification & Value Guide including Early American Prescut and Wexford. Collector Books, 1998.

Ross, David, and Joe Keller. Jadite: An Identification & Price Guide. Schiffer Publishing, Limited, 2014.

Wilkins, Jerry, et al. A Collector’s Guide to Anchor Hocking’s “Fire-King” Glassware. K & W Collectibles, 1991.