My Growing Collection

I've been having dreams of Pyrex hunting lately, but very little thrifting in the last few weeks, so imagine my delight when I went to the busiest Goodwill in Denver today {at NOON, no less, I never score decent Pyrex after 10am, it seems} only to find a 3-piece set of the primary mixing bowls {only the red was missing - I paid $20} *and* a beautiful turquoise 024 with the lid {$6}!

I already owned a yellow 404{also in great condition} and I would always eye it when I passed by it in my kitchen and think about how *some*day I would add the rest of the bowls to the set. 

So now all I need is the red! And I can sell or trade the other yellow 404...?

I thought I'd share some of my more recent Pyrex acquisitions - above are my most recent turquoise finds. The 024 on the bottom right is what I scored this morning at the busy Goodwill. I was absolutely thrilled!

Here come "The Threes":

The three gravy boats I've recently acquired. 

The three butter dishes. 

And three new prints of fridgies: Butterfly Gold {2}, Pink Gooseberry {2}, and a Butterprint {1}. I need more fridgies!

I was delighted to find one of the Gooseberry fridgies with an old-style lid. 

Above are my recent Butterfly Gold finds - as you can see, there has been a flood of BG here in Denver lately!

I really like the "swag" style Butterfly Gold, as seen on the casserole on the right.

And I know this isn't BG, but it matches. My first "American" bowl.

And here's my recent "reds". I don't decorate much with red but I can't help but love it on Pyrex. The casserole is dishwasher damaged and faded, but the lid was so gorgeous I snatched it up anyway. 

Above is "Festive Harvest". I had never seen this print before finding it in a thrift store recently. I like the peach on brown.

Finally - a Gemco server set. Yes, it's not Pyrex, but you all will recognize the print. I had never seen this server set before today, picked it up for $3.

I'm usually a Pyrex Purist, I rarely buy Fire King, Glasbake, etc. But I couldn't help myself from this jadite spouted mixing bowl {$10, with a small chip} and small delphite bowl {$3}. Both are Fire King.

Here are {most of} my favorite Pyrex finds on display in  my dining room. I recently revamped my display to show off my most prized Pyrex pieces of my collection. I love showcasing them on my grandmother's Ethan Allan hutch from the 1950s, which I painted pale green a few years ago. 

Throwing them all together like this has made me realize how large my collection has become since I started collecting in May! I have some more in the kitchen, mostly Spring Blossom, Town & Country, Woodland, Autumn Harvest, and Early American. When I first started collecting I said I'd never trade - now I understand why so many of you do!

Thanks for looking at my collection :)

Heather @ Lark & Lola

First time post, many times have visited the site to drool and wistfully dream over the lovely pyrex visions. My friends like to tease me about my "pyrexia"- however, I knew ya'll would understand!

I went to check out a yard sale that boasted vintage pyrex. It was a major score. 3 mint fridgies with lids in perfect condition. The lime pie plate was also a deal. All 4 pieces were $24, a bit higher than my usual thrift scores, but the prime condition was worth waiting for!

Here is my question, how do you bring a husband on board with your "pyerxia"?

Birthday Pyrex

My Birthday was this past weekend and my mother gave me some more Pyrex to add to my collection.

(She knows me so well.)

D-Handle Spring Blossom mugs.

Lidless yellow fridgie.

And this 12oz rramekin that is just plain white. I have a set of four of these in red, and I know that yellow ones exist. I think that there may also be blue ramekins? But I've never seen or heard of white before.

 

It hasn't been dishwashered, the finish is in great shape.

Anyone have any leads on when this may have been produced? Other than this Flickr image, Internet searches have turned up nothing.

You can check out the rest of my Pyrex collection at my blog, Vintage Spinster.

Cock-a-doodle-do!!!

It was not my intention to go pyrex hunting today as today was my last day of Business Law class with a term paper and a final due. We got up early this morning to get coffee and swing by Walmart for a prescription.  And where did we end up?  Goodwill!!! ha ha

First thing I see is a Black Rooster large fridgie!  (at least I think it's a fridgie??) I found the lid on a different shelf chipped up badly. (pass!) Then I found almost a complete set of Summer Blossom Cinderellas and a Butterfly Gold Juice Pitcher!  Yahooo!  I was so excited... you'd think I won the lottery when I spotted this baby on the shelf!!

Weekend Haul

After going to a monthly flea market that was a major bust, I was bummed out. Luckily, Jim encouraged me to look for more shops along the hour drive home. He was right.

This was the weekend haul:



Two of our major scores:
36 pieces for $30!


Full set for $25. Amazing! I was thinking of paying $85 for a less quality set, a few days ago.



With our thrifting plus my trades, I had a huge addition to my collection. And several pieces to trade.

What did you find this weekend?

--Lisa
Vintage Vault

Minty Snowflakes

My friend who works at an antique mall snagged this 043 casserole for me Saturday! It's such a perfect size for appetizers or two person dinners. I'm excited. I've been needing another oval casserole for a while so I'm stoked. It's in PERFECT condition.



I also picked up this awesome Pyrex ad. I want a set of turquoise bowls so bad! I'm going to frame it and put it up in my kitchen.


I rearranged my kitchen yesterday. To see my updated Pyrex and Fire King display, check out my blog. I can't wait to put up the new Pyrex ad!

Hope everyone else had some good Pyrex finds this weekend!

New Display: Gooseberry and Butterprint

Recently I cleared the space over the kitchen desk area to display my favorite Pyrex.

This shelf used to hold cookbooks, but I think this is a much prettier use of the space. I wish all my kitchen cabinets had this shelf area above them!

We have quite a few different patterns in Pyrex but if I had to choose, Butterprint and Gooseberry are my absolute favorites. Don’t they look lovely together? Butterprint is fairly common around here; Gooseberry not so much. We thrifted a lot of these, but we also got several at antique malls, etc. I don’t mind paying a little more for my favorites.