We were out and about last week, and found this classy glass decanter and matching tray in the Bicentennial Blue color, Sandwich pattern, by Tiara.
Tiara was sold at home parties, and made by Indiana Glass in Dunkirk, Indiana. One of its most extensively made patterns was No. 170, called Sandwich or Early American.
This pattern harkens [...]

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We’ve got a definite weak spot for 1970s dinnerware we find in our travels, especially the stoneware.
Patterns from Midwinter, Mikasa and even Noritake go great with table settings based on the days when vintage was new: back to the land, Earth Day, Earth Shoe and The Mother Earth News.
Midwinter’s series of patterns – Sun, Moon [...]

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This vintage beauty is a 1.5 quart Pyrex glass Flameware double boiler. We found it on separate shelves in our travels, and remarried them!
Too bad they’re not making these anymore. Most of the new double boilers in today’s marketplace are stainless.
You can set up a double boiler with two pots (one somewhat smaller than [...]

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Orphan glassware that attracts my attention isn’t limited to drinking glasses. This vintage refrigerator drip catching dish just called out, “Repurpose me!”
I used to have an old refrigerator, one with no shelving on the inside of the door. The kind you have to defrost by hand (portable hair dryers help).
And I remember the one my [...]

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Indigo Moon has been on our radar screen ever since the first time we saw it. One, because it’s blue. Two, because it’s so cool.
It’s an occupational hazard of life on the dish trail: Sometimes you want to keep your finds.
As soon as I see blue, the cart turns in that direction. If I put [...]

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On a gray Michigan day, it’s easy to wish for spring. Even when it’s cold, the sun makes it feel warmer…
That was the inspiration to play with the handpicked lists on Bonanzle. It’s a fun tool to pull together 20 items that harmonize around a theme…
Chickens, rabbits and daffodil motifs help, too. It’s usually nice [...]

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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 of geraniums, roses, [...]

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Easter is coming. The holidays at our house have gotten simpler over the years, but some old favorites still appear. Others may go, but there’s one dish we always ask for at special times. We call it Lemon Jell-O.
This is Jell-O gone fancy. It has bananas, marshmallows and pineapple in it, and a creamy frosting [...]

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Quite likely, everyone I know grew up with Corning Ware cookware and bakeware in the Cornflower Blue pattern.
Cornflower Blue is so associated with the company that as soon as you see it, you think “Corning Ware.”

The sauce maker, though, is less common. These were sold in the 1960s and 1970s, with and without glass covers.
I’d [...]

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There’s an urban legend among some sellers, that when you handle an item in your inventory, it will sell soon.
So I had this Corning Ware casserole in the Spice of Life pattern. I picked it up to give it a home on a shelf. Within an hour, it sold. Spice of Life is a popular [...]

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