Dinnerware and glassware makers choose the peacock blue color for its rich intensity and striking boldness. You can see the inspiration, from the peacock’s feathers. The male peacock has lots of showy color. It’s a distinctive color choice for dinnerware, glassware and home decor. This blue is one of the standard colors in the revived [...]

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When the weather turns colder, I get a hankering for ice cream. Go figure. Then I found a funky, 1970s soup mug and inspiration arrived. The dish is probably USA or Japan made, but there is no maker’s mark. It just screams retro, both from the motif and the colors. I was in a home [...]

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If I was going to collect mugs, these charming glass coffee mugs could easily be it. These examples were made by Glasbake, a trade name of McKee/Jeanette glass company made in the 1970s and early 1980s. The Evening Prayer is pretty, and so retro… The Language of Flowers would be a fun series. We’ve heard [...]

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Another one of those orphan glasses… This time, it’s an 8 oz flat tumber by Anchor Hocking, aqua blue, in the Milano pattern. By flat, they mean that there’s no foot or stem on the glass. Milano has a bark-like texture on the outside. The color really drew us in on this one. Now that [...]

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