Circa 1951-1959. The chop plate was formed by pressing clay into a mold (face down) and spinning it rapidly on a jiggering machine. A tool (much like a woodworkers lathe) would then either be lowered and worked by hand or run automatically to etch in, or carve away the firm clay body to produce band after band of concentric rings, gradually getting closer and closer to each other as the plate was spun around and around. The piece would then be bisque fired, allowed to cool for up to days and then dipped fully into glaze, an inkstamp glaze would then be applied and the impressively large chop plate would then be stacked in kilns on three stilts for a 2nd firing. A very laborous process that wouldn't pay today. The result was a classic dinnerware that resonates with substance and beauty. Chartreuse was Homer Laughlins most daring green—a lime green ahead of its time. This example is in wonderful, undamaged condition (Please note a factory miss on the edge of the rim, shown in the 1st picture at about 10 o'clock and you can see it again in the 5th picture at about 8 o'clock, minor glaze variations but nothing on the front that mars the brilliant surface). Inkstamped on the back "GENUINE fiesta HLCo USA".

Measures 12 3/8" x 1 1/8". (It is interesting to note that most of HLCos Fiesta plates and bowls are named smaller than they measure, but the chop plates are named larger than they measure, so it is not uncommon to hear this referred to as the 12" chop plate)