Gourmet Trio

I have completed the set of Gourmet casseroles, I believe.  Does anybody know if they were made in any other colors?  According the Pyrex Love, the bottom piece was a Winter 1961 promotional piece.  It is delphite blue with white paint fired on with a gold leaf design.  In the middle is an opal white casserole with black print, and on top is an opal piece with a butterscotch fired on paint and gold leaf design.  All three are the 2.5 quart size, and I love the way they look stacked on top of each other in this picture!

From Canada - Pyrex in the Snow

Greetings from Canada - we have a bit of snow - and it made a perfect background for my Pyrex Snowflake pieces - but, don't worry, they didn't stay outside for long - they're tucked back in the cupboards, all warm and cozy!   I'm always on the lookout for new Pyrex and I blog about it here.

Pyrex Everywhere at Value Village

Hello Everyone, SixBalloons here! We were out of town last weekend in Victoria, BC and we thrifted it up, starting at a huge Value Village.

There I found several pieces of Pyrex, including an Opal Divided Dish, Shenedoah Casserole with lid, and dishwashered Terra casserole.

There were also several glass pitchers and carafes.

There was also a huge pile of Pyrex restaurant-ware in the red and gold trim.

Read more about the prices I saw there, and what I decided to do in the end at my original post. I spotted lots of other great items too, as that was definitely the largest Value Village store I have ever visited. Don't you just love thrifting while on vacation??

Homestead Red?

I am guessing that this piece was made as an experiment at the Pyrex factory.  The pattern is somewhat off-center, but the biggest giveaway is that it is RED!  To the best of my knowledge Homestead only came in blue and brown.  The seller of this piece was in Charleroi, PA which is the home of Pyrex.  This furthers my belief that it was an experimental piece.  Anyway, it was a great deal at $10, and I love adding unusual pieces to my collection.

Does anybody else have any unusual pieces?  I came across a green Woodland bowl once (still kicking myself for not picking up that one!).

Ugly Pyrex, Pretty Pyrex

How would you like to pay $7.99 for a really faded 403 yellow bowl?   I sure wouldn't !!  I don't understand how  Value Village can put something so clearly damaged out for sale.....

On the other hand, I was just washing up some Pyrex - lunch was over, baking was done, it was dish washing time.  Isn't Pyrex just so pretty....

I was away on the weekend and picked up a few new pieces - they're on my blog

The Eyes Have It!

I have been wanting one of these for a long time!  I found this one with a very reasonable "Buy It Now" on the big auction site and scooped it up shortly after it was listed.

I mostly collect the promotional pieces, and they aren't easy to come across around here (actually finding any Pyrex outside of an antique store is almost impossible around here), so most of my promo pieces have been purchased online.

Here's a recent find from a thrifting excursion to a flea market - a 2.5 quart Ocean Filigree that I picked up for $9.  I was very excited about this one, and almost overlooked it as it was buried under some other stuff.

Anyway, I took a little time tonight to take some pictures of several of my recent promo pieces (and a piece that I think is something that the factory made as an experiment).  I'll share more in the next few days!

Thanks for reading!  Find more vintage fun on my blog - Cul-De-Sac Shack!

Theres more to the story...

Remember these from yesterday's post?

What I didn't tell you is that I put it in my buggy (the one on the left. duh!), nestling it in the seat part of the cart in some clothing items.  But a few minutes later I shifted the contents of my buggy and the bowl slipped out through one of the leg holes and crashed to the floor and exploded.

So be happy if you are the owner of an increasingly rare blue 401.