Here to report my weekly Pyrex finds. Not much--odd bits mostly. But that's better than nothing at all!
The highlight of my finds is the spirograph patterned lid! That made my heart skip a beat! I've been searching for a Pyrex cradle, I just wanted to find one at least one! And I did, the one that holds the bowl I would love to have(Christmas Golden Leaf). There's one at an antique mall I visited recently to check out Christmas decor , I dare not inquire how much the bowl is, they missed tagging it. I have plenty of 404s I can use it with. I picked up a Fire King custard cup--I'll buy any of these patterned cups when I see them which is rare
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The 503 refrigerator dish I got (yay) I assumed was primary yellow. But when I got it home I was questioning it, so I put it next to a primary yellow one I have. These look like two distinctly different colors, the other is more of a peachy buttery yellow. It's closer to the color of Shenandoah, but still not exactly the same. Whadaya guys think? Where does this 503 belong?
Thankfully I'm also scouring vintage Christmas decorative and craft stuff, so finding little Pyrex isn't as disappointing. I made my first vintage ornament wreath this week. So fun! If you like that kinda stuff and want to see what I was up to last week, you can visit my blog here.
(Hopelessly addicted),
Evie
The highlight of my finds is the spirograph patterned lid! That made my heart skip a beat! I've been searching for a Pyrex cradle, I just wanted to find one at least one! And I did, the one that holds the bowl I would love to have(Christmas Golden Leaf). There's one at an antique mall I visited recently to check out Christmas decor , I dare not inquire how much the bowl is, they missed tagging it. I have plenty of 404s I can use it with. I picked up a Fire King custard cup--I'll buy any of these patterned cups when I see them which is rare
The 503 refrigerator dish I got (yay) I assumed was primary yellow. But when I got it home I was questioning it, so I put it next to a primary yellow one I have. These look like two distinctly different colors, the other is more of a peachy buttery yellow. It's closer to the color of Shenandoah, but still not exactly the same. Whadaya guys think? Where does this 503 belong?
Thankfully I'm also scouring vintage Christmas decorative and craft stuff, so finding little Pyrex isn't as disappointing. I made my first vintage ornament wreath this week. So fun! If you like that kinda stuff and want to see what I was up to last week, you can visit my blog here.
(Hopelessly addicted),
Evie
Love those child's plates!
ReplyDeleteThe children's plates are lovely. I never see those anywhere; I'm glad you found some. I've only ever found one Pyrex cradle, but I can use it with almost all the Pyrex I own. Your wreath is fantastic:))
ReplyDeleteLisa, my reply is after Jacquelyn...guess I didn't hit 'reply'.
DeleteI have that same 503 (I think, who knows). I think it is Town & Country.
ReplyDeleteYou know, I did wonder if it could be T&C, I'll go look and see if I can find out for sure.
DeleteYep, sure looks like it Jacquelyn. Now I'm wondering if my 501 is a T&C or a Woodland.
DeleteYou know, I stopped looking at dishes as I collect pottery dinnerware and I have more than I can use. I was waiting for my friend who was looking at Christmas stuff on the other side of the aisle and to keep myself occupied I lazily looked at the plates and my eyes locked on to one of the Pyrex ...the other was underneath! So now I'm back at looking at dishes in hopes of find pieces to the sets.
ReplyDeleteThanks (on the wreath). I can't wait to make another!
This is what Town & Country fridgies look like:
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Woodland fridgies are tan.
Your fridgie could be Old Orchard or Early American.
I was reading not too long ago on Corelle Corner about T&C and how they did two variations of some of the sets pieces. Here is the other variation like the solid bowl set:
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Yep-- I see that about Woodland fridgies--thanks! Wow, didn't know Old Orchard has two different colored 501s! I don't think mine is a OO, I've seen OO in the wild and it appears to be much darker--but I'll look again. I couldn't find a reference for a solid Early American 501(?) Only the white with brown pattern.
Wow.- news to me about the T&C. I didn't understand how you guys were so off, I was like, whaaaa? Now I look silly.
DeleteAnd sorry, I have been really stupid lately (honestly, if only you knew). No Early American.
Brown 501s are probably one of the most common fridgies I find (outside primary) I never stopped to think where they are from).
Tee-hee! The reason I read about the T&C was because I got a 443 not too long ago and I thought only the 444 was patterned, come to find out there is another all patterned set. And no apologies! :0)
DeleteFunny how that goes--first time I've ever run into a brown 501, though not to long ago a lady was standing in front of me in line with one. I was like 'darn, just missed it'.
As luck would have it I picked up a 401 Old Orchard today--I just washed it and compared it to the fridgie and OO is much darker. Sounds like I'm on my way to building a T&C fridge set!
Amazzziiinnnggg wreath!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Christina :0)
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