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  • Made by Homer Laughlin
  • Round ringed shape
  • Produced as a give away for the Quaker's Oats product: Mother's Carnival Oats in the 40s and 50s
  • Assortment consists of the following five items:
    • 6" plate
    • cup
    • saucer
    • fruit cup
    • oatmeal bowl
  • Produced in the following solid colors:
    • red
    • cobalt
    • light green
    • turquoise
    • Fiesta yellow
    • Harlequin yellow
    • old ivory
    • dark green
    • grey
  • Almost never marked

Turquoise fruit cups
Cups and saucers in various colors

6" plates

Sometimes Deanna, another ringed shape, is confused with Carnival. Here are images
showing Carnival's indented pair of rings and Deanna's three raised rings.
Close Up of Carnival
Close Up of Knowles' Deanna