Maybe My Luck Is Returning.

Perhaps my drought is over... finally!

Got some great stuff over the last few days!
Some Butterprint and a horizon blue fridgie and guess what! There's more.

$4.54

503 Fridgie for $3.53

Hope on over to my blog LuluBelle Vintage for more thrifted goodness and a few questions I have for you pyrex experts!!
Happy Trails!
<3 Lulu

Fridgie Dilemma

I have a quick question that maybe you can help me solve... but first a story.
One of my first pieces was a horizon blue 501 fridgie, a few weeks later my mother found me a 502 that was blue. Then I went out to pick up a few pieces from a woman including 2 red 501s. Just last week I was at my cottage and found a yellow 503 at an antique shop for 11.00. In a few months I had collected the entire primary fridgie set, and all with lids. Now, in the last few weeks I have collected the exact same set just without the lids... or so I thought...

So, now my question to all of you is what is the difference between the horizon blue 502 fridige and the primary blue 502 fridgie? This may seem to sound like a silly question and I feel a bit a silly asking it but, I've looked all over and can't seem to spot a difference.
Can you help me?

My complete(?) primary set.



My Horizon Blue Fridiges

My lidless primary fridiges.

Now, my next question is: I bought this yesterday off a fellow collector. I knew it had utensil marks on it but I was unaware as to how bad they were. I've tried Weimans and BFK. They've worked but only marginally. what would you suggest?

Thank you!!!
Happy Hunting!

First charcoal snowflake!

There it was, just waiting for me: a charcoal snowflake divided dish! It passed the "finger around the edge check for chips" test, and I gleefully plunked down the $3.00 required by Goodwill.

It wasn't until I was home and washing it in the kitchen sink, that I turned it over and saw:

OMG!! It doesn't say PYREX! A funny logo instead...

Of course I went right to the computer and found out that I had apparently purchased a piece of Crown Pyrex, i.e. made in England.

This piece is marked with just the crown, not the JAJ plus crown stamp, so if anyone knows about these marks, I would be interested to hear.

So now we have Pyrex of three nations: the Canadian-made lime cake dish was recently thrifted for $0.75; it was half-price week at that thrift store.

And finally, here is my January 2012 kitchen display of blues and whites (Snowflake Blue, Horizon Blue, and opal).

Happy 2012, and good hunting!

A very pyrex holiday

 It was a very pyrex holiday here at my house.
My parents bought me these two beautiful pieces back from Fort Wayne, Indiana (Hi Karin and Mark!) as Christmas presents. A lovely verde casserole with patterned lid! and my very sought after pink gooseberry fridigie! The gravy boat (sans underplate) was from my "inlaws". I was spoiled. My boyfriend even bought me the pyrex collectors book, although I'm still unsure as to whether he supports this addiction.

I replied to a message on kijiji and ended up scoring all this.
It belonged to the womans mother and the butterprint set had been a wedding present to her.
I love the history you get when you buy pyrex from people rather than from a store.

I got these three over two days from two different VVs.
A verde 043, a blue horizon and a friendship orange with daisy lid.

But, this was the best find of the holiday. Another craigslist find and I paid, get ready for it....
 FIVE DOLLARS! She's gorgeous, there's some scratches but they're all on the bottom. The woman I got it from said she got it as a wedding present in 1961. I think she's survived very well.

That's all for me for now,
Hope you all had a wonderful, pyrex filled holiday.

Hellooo, Everybody

Long time lurker, first time poster.
My name is Tiffany and I blog over at Flea Market Fancy. I'm a recovering housewares hoarder with a soft spot for Pyrex and I'm just ticked pink to be posting here at the Collective.

My current prized piece of Pyrex is my large Gooseberry Pink Cinderella bowl. I snagged it in near mint condition at a flea market for $15.00. My collections right now are of Butterprint and Spring Blossom Green with a few Flamingo Pink bowls. All are stored in my 1940's cherry china cabinet.

The above picture is from my recent flea market destash. I had a Butterfly Gold butter dish that went to its new forever home, a covered Horizon Blue dish, an Autumn Harvest mixing bowl and two lovely pieces of Woodland in the light and dark brown.

Everything tastes better in vintage Pyrex!

Hi folks! This is my first post on the Pyrex Collective II. I'm very excited with every new post that appears, and have been waiting until I had pics of my smallish collection before posting. I just LOVE the bright colors and patterns. Every time I use a piece of my collection, it just makes me happy. :)

As for the title of my post, here is part of what we are having for dinner tonight:

Cheesy potatoes in my newest acquisition - my Friendship fridgie! This was an antique mall purchase, but it was pretty reasonably priced, and in near perfect condition. I was super excited to see it, because Friendship is one of my favorites. I found a yellow daisy 2.5 qt. casserole with lid for $10 in the same booth. The fridgie was $15 (yikes).

Chicken in my snowflake garland lasagna pan. I hesitated about buying this one in a vintage store in my hometown, but it was PERFECT, and I know I'd have had a hard time finding this size while thrifting.

As for the rest of the collection, it's a little piecemeal so far, but here are a few more pics (I've since added a few more pieces). All of this came from garage sales, rummage sales, Goodwill, or Salvation Army.

Happy Pyrex Hunting!!!

Lunch hour find...

 

Yay for Me!!

Decided to do some snooping on my lunch hour. 

I had to choose between this set and two Forest Fancies mixing bowls.

Obviously I chose this! I don't think I'll ever want to own Forest Fancie of anything. 

They're not as cool.