I've acquired some new Pyrex pieces the past few months that I've been too busy to post. I can't find the pattern name to this blue one and I'm not sure if it is supposed to come with the basket. I'm hoping folks on Flickr will know. This Tulip Casserole is from the mid 1930's. From what I've seen online they are worth a lot, but mine seems to be missing the lid.
Here are two pieces ready for a party. The one on the left was a Christmas promotion - called a Deluxe Buffet Server with Twin Candle Warmer. On the right is something I have really wanted - a chip and dip set! This pattern is called Golden Scroll.
I spotted this Pyrex carafe at the Goodwill store. I don't think it's ever been used. How cool is that giant round cork? One of my best thrift store finds!
I got a lot of Pyrex for Christmas that i need to take pictures of once we have a nice sunny day. I do have a few pieces that I got before Christmas that I haven't posted yet.
This is one of the coolest Pyrex I have seen. It's a Pyrex Bake A Round. You place the dough inside the glass and the bread bakes inside it.
These dishes say Pyrex France on them. I think they are for baking bread too. That's just my guess.
I love this one. A Pyrex cheese keeper. It has a wood base and handle. Looks like something Wallace and Gromit would use.
Here is an unusual Pyrex casserole. the lid is the entire white section, like a deep dish. I would love to know why it's like that. Maybe so you can eat out of the top?
Look what my neighbors put out for the garbage. Aaron and I scurried across the street and snatched it up. We were thinking we could use the keys for projects, but now we don't feel like we can bust it up... it's so cool looking. Maybe I will write a novel on it.
I have four Christmas tablecloths in my vintage tablecloth
collection and this is my favorite. I am rotating them this season.
When we eat at the table I cover as much as I can with placemat to
prevent a disaster.
I need to get some of this Retro Clean. Some
of my other vintage tablecloths have some pre-existing stains. Retro
Clean is a safe for vintage linens and can remove brown age stains
while enhancing and brightening the color. Sounds like a miracle soap!
I got these vintage Pyrex pitchers and jelly jar glasses too
late to
use them this summer. Actually the tall set of glasses were sour cream
and peanut butter containers. They even still had their lids.
Next summer you can bet I will be serving up lemonade and ice
tea in them though.
My mom and I were busy little bees at this summer's yardsales
and flea markets. These are pictures of all the Pyrex either my mom or
I found for my collection. Keep in mind I don't pay over $10 and I am
quite sure my mom doesn't either.
I know what you are thinking... where do I keep all these? I
have shelves in my basement for them... but even I am coming to the
realization that I might have a problem on my hands soon. I need to
start limiting myself to only my favorite finds. It's hard though when
you find a mint condition Early American pattern 1.5 Qt Divided
Cinderella Oval Casserole for only $3!!!
Thank goodness for the Pyrex
Files and Pyrex
Love... these sites help me identify all the patterns!
In May I
found a cool cake carrier at a yard sale. When I posted the
picture to Flickr, someone informed me there was a bun
carrier out there too. I didn't find the exact matching one,
but I did find this bun warmer for $4. Close enough and who doesn't
like warm buns?
Aaron and I went to some flea markets this weekend with my parents and I had a
major score. I found a Fire King Egg Nog set for $12. It is missing two
mugs and the ladle but I think I may find those separately later
on.
I have been wanting some Fire King pieces but they are way
more expensive than my usual Pyrex pieces.
Aaron is especially excited because he loves egg nog.
I found these Pyrex Butterfly gold salt and pepper shakers
last winter at an antique shop. They match my Pyrex butter dish. Now I
am afraid to use any of them for fear of breaking up the set
So our yardsale yesterday was pretty successful. I even found time to walk around and visit other people's yard sales. I found these vintage tablecloths for $1.50 each!
Nice condition with lilies of of the valley.
I liked the pink of this one.
This one is square and too small for my dining table, but it was too cute to leave behind.
Tina, Shruti and I went to a ginormous neighborhood yard sale
today. I hit the jackpot with a Pyrex Pink Gooseberry Cinderella Large
Mixing Bowl, a Pyrex 1.5 Qt Divided Cinderella Oval Casserole, a
vintage aluminum cake carrier, and a gravy boat.
This is a picture of my grandma's table right before all the Christmas yummies were piled onto it. She just got this vintage tablecloth from my great aunt and I was admiring it all during dinner.
I kept seeing tablecloths like it when my mom and I were going to the flea markets and antique shops. Mom told me she thought she had some at home that I could have. Lo and behold she pulled them out of her sewing room and they had big chunks cut out of them! "Oh yeah, I made dish towels out of them" she says. Arrrrghhhhh!
My mom promised to keep an eye out for some more for me. I am hoping for some beauts like these. Or these.
I got some more vintage Pyrex dishes for Christmas presents. Turquoise Butterprint mixing bowl and refrigerator set, serving bowl with matching dishes and a small Daisy baking dish. I love the turquoise... it looks so nice with my pink Pyrex. The daisy dish is nice too... sunny and bright.
I really need a corner cabinet to keep all my collection on display. Right now I am rotating them so they all get some display time.
Over the holidays I found this vintage Betty Crocker NEW Boys and Girls Cook Book from 1965 at a flea market. There are a few loose pages, but I loved the photography so much I got it anyhow. I have spotted a few things in the product shots that I would like to find.
The recipes are great too... meatloaf pie with scoops of mashed potatoes? Brilliant! They show how to stick a hard boiled egg inside a meat loaf too. Clever!
The cookbook was from a school library, and I like looking at the check out card on the inside pocket. I wonder what little Sheila Musser or Ernie Ackley made from it?
