Mismatched Sets are Beautiful Too!

My thrifting has been a bit out of control these last few weeks because I haven't been working. This week I got these three lovely bowls:

The bottom one is the most stunning colour of pink! I was so excited about the middle one because I have a platter with this rose on it and I love it so much I display it like art.

I also found these mugs, which are Crown Pyrex.

There are some more pictures on my blog too.

Happy Hunting!

Nicole

Mystery Orange 402

I found some goodies yesterday! One of them is this orange 402 bowl (thrift store, $3.00!). Does anyone know which set it belongs to? I love the way the orange looks with my turquoise pieces!

To read about the other pieces I found you can visit my blog.

In With The New

This is my first time posting! I love reading everyone's stories and seeing everyone's collections, so I thought I'd share some of mine.

Today was a bittersweet day. I really needed to free up some space in my kitchen, so I decided to pack away some pieces that I don't use very much to make room for some of my recent acquisitions! However, I did make sure the box was easily accessible so I can get to these pieces if I need them! These are the pieces that are temporarily being retired. I do collect Fire King Candleglow along with Pyrex...I just love the pattern.


But packing these away means that I can put the following pieces into rotation, especially now that the holidays are upon us and 'tis the season for "what can I bring?"...I'm excited to show these off to family and friends!

Hunting for Pyrex

So we went to a wedding for a friend of mine in Lake Charles and tried to Pyrex shop along the way. Lake Charles in general was a giant dud. I found mostly corelle pieces and maybe 2-3 overpriced pieces.

I had lost all hope of finding anything until my hubby spotted a random flea market on the side of the road. It was raining, 9 am on a Sunday morning, and looked at little shady. So why not? LOL

Found some AWESOME pieces.

The Pueblo is finally mine! I really wanted this in time for Halloween but I will take it!

$8 bucks!!!! 

I also restocked my pieces for trade. 

Let me know if you want to trade. See my trade album.

--Lisa

Vintage Vault

Yellow 015 with 515 lid{hostess}

Well, I have really been wanting to post on here since the lovely Erin gave me permission.  I thought that today would be a lovely day to start because it is my 29th {eeeeeek} birthday.
I found this rare little beauty at an antique store a few weeks ago for the awesome price of $7 {originally marked $14, but all glassware was 50% off; yes please!}

After my research, here is what I found:

After I got her home, look what I found on the back: 

This is my oldest & most favorite Pyrex to date. & overall, she is in pretty good condition: 

& here is a lil tip I learned from another collector out&about while thrifting.  

So far, I have seen no damage, but use at your own risk. 

Hope everyone has a great weekend & getting some good finds.  

XOXO, 

Kate of avery&anderson

Agee Pyrex

Hi everyone!

I'm new here but so thrilled to be able to take part. I collect all kinds of Pyrex, but I'm especially enamored with Agee Pyrex, made in Australia. I'm currently trying to find out more about Agee and would love any information about it I can find.

I don't think there is any kind of comprehensive resource as to colours, patterns and dates -- at least that I can find -- and I would love to start putting it together. Please email me or comment here if you know of any resources like this.

I am in the process of photographing my Pyrex collection for my blog so I thought I'd share a few of my pictures of what I think are older pieces of Agee pyrex here:

The piece that started my love affair!

Gorgeous pie plates (these are Crown pyrex)

Agee pie plate

A carnival of colours

I hope you enjoy these pieces as much as I do!

Cheers,

Nicole

Verde, Fridgies, and Philbe--oh my!

My recent finds report!

After hitting up about 8 thrift stores this week {I have a problem} I *finally* found some decent Pyrex! This Verde casserole set is exciting for me because I found it in absolute mint condition. You know when you can just tell that a piece was never used? It's as shiny as the day it was born and there is not a utensil scratch to be found. I picked this set up for $19.99.

To show you how minty this set is, here I have the middle casserole next to an identical one I'd found ages ago, very beat up. I only paid 99 cents for it, though. 

 Speaking of 99 cents...

 I never find fridgies! But just as I was about to leave a Goodwill the other day empty handed, they bussed out another cart full of things to rummage through. After a little digging, I found these two Butterprint fridgies. Score!

Only one had a lid, but, check out these prices!

 99 cents each. Now that's more like it, Mr. Goodwill!

I was expecting to see $5.99 or possibly more, the way thrift stores have started to recognize collectibles and gouge us. So this was a happy surprise. 

Another Verde, another fridgie was destined to find me this past month, also:

 I'm thinking I'm going to use it to pile up my Christmas cards in this year!

This set is promised to a friend since I'm not a huge fan of Colonial Mist, but just one more bowl will make it a complete set. It was sold as a bundle, which I've been seeing more of lately--have you? It came with a sad, destroyed Daisy bowl:

Snowflake Blue, on the other hand, is one of my very favorites. I own almost the complete set of Corelle dishes which I've thrifted here and there. Those have been easy to find, but the actual Pyrex has been more elusive. Finally, I found the large Cinderella bowl recently, and a friend swapped me the casserole for a pink Dessert Dawn that I had multiples of. We both win!

 And I already owned the lime loaf dish, but I was excited to pick up the baking dish this past month, too. I love this color. It's so cheery. I will definitely hope for more of it...

One last thing!

So until recently I've considered myself a "Pyrex Purist." But then I started to fall for Fire-King's Sapphire Blue Philbe pattern. I'm curious if any of you other collectors pick up other glassware, or do you all just stick to Pyrex?

 I absolutely fell in love with this Sapphire Blue Philbe refrigerator dish I found recently! I snatched it up for $5.99. I didn't even know this pattern came in this size.

 I've also managed to thrift a pie dish and a casserole...

I just have a thing for this pattern, I guess! Are there any other Philbe collectors out there???

 I guess I'm a Pyrex Purist no more!

My husband is probably thinking, "Greeeaaat... another thing to collect!"

Merry Christmas!

Heather @ Lark & Lola