Pattern Profile:
Colonial Blue, First of Spring (1988); Nutmeg (198?) 

Colonial Blue, a banded design, and First of Spring, a white floral, were introduced early 1988 within the Livingware Casuals product line.  Another banded pattern, Nutmeg, is from the same line and the same time period, but its exact launch date is unknown.

The bowls made to match First of Spring are decorated on the rim with only a single blue band.  Bowls for Colonial Blue and Nutmeg are fully decorated, but the outer band on Colonial Blue is more narrow than usual.  Platters, serving bowls, dessert bowls and luncheon plates have not been seen for Nutmeg or Colonial Blue, so it is unclear whether these pieces exist.

Colonial Blue stoneware mug and bread & butter plate.

When these three beige-bodied patterns debuted, they came with patterned stoneware mugs in a straight-sided shape.  About 1991 beige Suprema became available, and First of Spring progressed to straight-sided mugs made of this glass-ceramic.  That mug style would be dropped mid 1990s, and First of Spring moved to flared mugs, also made of Suprema.

Colonial Blue and Nutmeg were discontinued sometime before 1992.  First of Spring had much greater longevity, and it was still available in factory outlet stores in the mid 2000s, but an exact ending date is not known.

First of Spring flared Suprema mug and bread & butter plate.

Corelle Dinnerware:

Dinner Plate (10¼")
Luncheon Plate (8½") ‡
Bread & Butter Plate (6¾")

Stoneware Mug (straight-sided, 9 oz)
Suprema Mug (straight-sided, 10 oz) **
Suprema Mug (flared, 9 oz) **

Dessert Bowl (10 oz 5 3/8") * ‡
Soup/Cereal Bowl (18 oz 6¼") *
Flat Rim Soup Plate (8½") **

1 Qt Serving Bowl (8½") ‡
Oval Platter (12½") ‡

 
* - single blue band for First of Spring.
** - for First of Spring only.
‡ - possibly not for Nutmeg and Colonial Blue.

Nutmeg bread & butter plate.

Others:
Licensed glassware and a variety of other products were made to match First of Spring.

Indiana Glass produced a line of ‘Drinkware For Corelle’, and their glasses can be recognized by the ‘double bulge’ near the bottom.  There is a second version of First of Spring made by this company, but it is a look-alike instead.  It can be identified by the additional motif of three blossoms near the bottom of the glass.

Libbey, or its subsidiary Crisa, produced glassware with a ‘single bulge’ at the base and a narrow top.

Gemco produced tabletop accessories with an official version of First of Spring under the brand name 'Corning Coordinates for Corelle'.  These pieces are clear glass with a pattern on the beige plastic lid.

Other licensed Coordinates include placemats from Conimar Corporation, and cutlery with decorated plastic handles.

Thermal carafes in a one quart size were made overseas and sold under the Corning/Corelle brand.

Related Articles:

Stoneware Mug (1985)
Suprema Mug (1986)
Plate Styles: Coupe
Compare Stoneware & Suprema Mugs
Pattern List: Beige-Tinted Plates
 

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