Thursday 9 July 2015

Pyrex In The Wild

Hello friends!!  I have been acquiring Vintage Pyrex at an alarming rate.  I thought I'd stop and breathe to show you my ever increasing hoard collection.  

Da da da DUM!!  ThriftyParka presents..

VINTAGE PYREX ITW!!!

(ITW stands for In The Wild - ha, ha, ha look a me using a new blogger acronym!!!)

This was my collection a month ago.  All of these items were acquired at thrift stores.  There are no complete sets, yet, just a nice mix of newer, older and vintage pieces.

I started with 4 or 5 pieces, purchased years ago from thrift stores.  I only buy pieces that have nice glossy sides.  I can't abide vintage Pyrex that has dull color from beening run through the dishwasher...ugh, just the feeling of my fingers on that dry, powdery surface makes my fillings rattle, ugh!!!



The top left shows 2 casserole dishes stacked on top of each other.  

I found them at Value Village last month, where they were priced at an exorbitant price of $30 each.  I had a 30% off coupon, and they were in excellent shape, so they came home with me.



Ummmm, bright daisy goodness!!!

The white lid with the green print is Spring Blossoms.  See!!  I'm learning the pattern names and everything!!!




Then there was the haul from a small thrift store - it yielded this $22 Horizon Blue set!!!

I find these smaller, casserole dishes very useful.  Sometimes I'll cook a smaller entree, or a hot vegetable dish and these casseroles are the perfect size to transport it to my bf's house.  He lives a short-distance away, and he has hungry mouths to feed!!  So it's important that hot food stays hot and delicious!!



Isn't it great how these dishes stack so nicely??



Back at Value Village, I spotted the small yellow bowl, and a Butterfly Gold casserole dish.





Yeow!  $9.99 for the small bowl was pricey, but aside from a few nicks to the paint, it was in great shape (plus I had another coupon), so it came home with me.  So did the lidless, casserole for $6.





The best part of finding vintage Pyrex is carefully transporting it home and letting it warm up on the counter (winters here get really cold - you don't want to plunge a cold, glass dish into a sink of hot soapy water).  Then I have a little ritual where I wash it a couple of times. The first time is to take off the yuck and dust (you should see some of the secondhand places I shop, bleah!). Then I rinse it carefully and pat it dry.  Then I examine the pieces for cooked on crud.  Then it's back to a fresh sink of hot soapy water to get rid of the crud.  I'll use a steel, wool pad with a very light touch to get rid of that.

Hmmmm, I just re-read what I wrote.  It sounds like I have a Pyrex obsession, eh?

Continuing with my obsessive compulsion desire for clean, pretty Pyrex, then I'll plan how to display the Pyrex.  But fear not, these pretty dishes are not just for show.   They're wonderful as fruit bowls, stove-to-fridge food containers. 
 Plus if you have toasty buns (hee), a lidded container keeps them nice and warm.



In an effort to distract you from my new obsession, I'm going to show you a random picture. 

Scenic, highway picture of my drive out to the cottage - isn't it stunning?





A fuzzy shot of Lake Superior....so beautiful and calming.




...and now back to our regular programming.

I was particularly glad to find this Snowflake Garland.  I already had the 2 smaller bowls. Now I just need the smallest bowl and I have the complete set!!!  Price was $8.99 at Salv Army.



Check out the glossy colour!!



Some random cups that I didn't buy. But I was very tempted by the Corelle and the Spring Blossom.


These almost came home with me, but I resisted!!












During my thrift haul, I re-visited a "everything under the sun" second hand store.  I won't lie, the housewares section was shoved off into a dark, dirty corner, but I found some reasonable priced Pyrex waiting for me to bring them home.






The upside down white casserole with the wheat pattern is a FireKing dish. It also came from this store.





Not shown are the 2 Pyrex, glass carafes I bought.  One came with the original plastic lid.  But I was too skeeved out by the old dirt on the lid, so I washed it, measured it, and threw it out.  I'll find a new cork replacement.





Some pretty Glassbake that stayed on the shelf at the Salv Army.





A nice FireKing that unfortunately was badly chipped and stayed on the shelf.  Nice design though!






I had to do some re-organizing.  My collection has expanded from....

...the original 2 shelves...






Close-up of divided casserole with knit stars.



...to the top of one cupboard...


The primary yellow bowl was $1 at a yard sale!!


...the top of another cupboard...




...and the top of my fridge...



Doesn't the Pyrex look nice with my cut glass?


To my bowl cupboard. This stack makes me smile everytime I see it.





Lustreware collection and some bits and pieces.


Another random picture to distract you from my collection obsession of vintage kitchenware.


Those clouds are laden with rain!!


Well folks, there you have it.  Sometimes one innocent trip into a thrift store results in a desire to start collecting.

happy thrifting ;)













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