Blue and White Opal

Ever since I did my 100 pieces of pyrex drawings I fell in love with the simplicity of the Blue Delphite pieces. I only have two. The first I found was the Gourmet Promotional Cinderella Casserole. Alas it did not have it's candlewarmer, but I did get it for 7.50 at little thrift store. :) And a few weeks ago, right before my birthday, I found the 402 Blue Delphite mixing bowl at Goodwill for only $1.99. I was super excited. It is so beautiful. I will be on the lookout for the 401 and 403, of course. And eventually I would like the divided dish.

And then during a dry pyrex period this summer I kept running into the white opal dishes. At first I was averse to them because my biggest attraction to vintage Pyrex is the wonderful and fun patterns that have been designed. After I passed them up a few times I decided to get them. All three were Goodwill purchases at very low prices. I have the lids to at least one of the casseroles, although not pictured. So you see the opal 022 and 023 round casseroles, along with Opal 1063 the divided dish below. There is some controversy as to whether Opal dishes are opal, or just other prints that have been over dishwashed, but these are genuine.

And here is a courtesy picture of all of the darlings together!

Happy New Year! May we all find and preserve the wonderful Pyrex pieces out in the wild and unloved as yet!