I had big plans to head to an amazing out of town flea market this morning but was hindered by a visit from Hanna. How can I say no when she wakes me up and begs me to stay home and drink coffee with her in the morning before she leaves? What an awesome sister I must be to choose her over the promise of vintage treasures. So needless to say, I stayed home. Oh well, there will be other flea markets, right?
Maddie and I spent the afternoon trolling through some of our local antique malls. I found some great stuff but haven't unpacked or photographed it yet so that will have to wait until next time. For now, I will show you some of the other amazing things I've been picking up here and there.
I found the 9" Fire King Swirl Jadeite bow for a ridiculously low price at a local antique mall. I turned it over and over in my hands looking for something wrong with it. It's perfect. Even the cashier thought the tag may be a misprint.
Ta-Dah!! It just so happened to be the bowl I needed to complete my set.
At the same shop, I also found another Hazel Atlas striped tumbler and what I thought was the smallest Fire King Dots bowl. I was wrong! I recently found out that there were only 4 bowls in the set. I always thought there were 5 but guess what? This is actually the grease jar without the lid!
I just so happened to have the grease jar already. Brian bought it for me for Christmas last year but the dots were pretty faded out. So I just swapped out it's lid with the new bottom piece. Voila!
So I took the faded out polka dot bowl and added it to my set. Looks pretty good next to my Tulip set, don't you think? Oh, and look. I also have the Tulip grease bowl, minus the lid! I love learning new info about the things I collect.
I'm working on putting together the all white Butterprint Cinderella bowl set. I was super excited to find the 444. Only two more to go!
I have lots of the turquoise and white Snowflake pieces, but I have decided I want to mix in some of the black with them. The 045 looks like a good place to start.
Maybe missing out on the flea market this morning was a good thing! Maybe I should take a break from treasure hunting? Yeah, right! Brian was just telling me the other day that he is amazed at the way that I can always find a spot for the things I bring home. I guess that's my hidden talent. I better not try to suppress it!
Linking up with Sir Thrift-A-Lot for Thriftasaurus
Have a great week!
~Erica
I have learned more about Pyrex and Hazel Atlas with your blog. Loving the polka dots. Can you believe I do not own even one piece of Pyrex? Not one. Hazel Atlas yes...unlike you I don't know where the heck I could stash it!
ReplyDeleteYou have some amazing luck when it comes to vintage glassware, lady! The Fire King and Jadeite collections of yours are stunning! Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Heather
I love it all! Heather is right - such great luck with vintage glassware. I've got one Fire King dots bowl that I've yet to post on my blog.. I've had it for months. I bought 2 sheets for $8 from the thrift store & sold them for $85, so I treated myself to a black dots among other treats on eBay.
ReplyDeleteI want to complete the white set too!
Erica, you are "bowling" me over with all your gorgeous bowl sets. ;) Where the heck do you stash them? Hope you have the dots and tulip bowls on display and not hidden away, they're fantastic. I have one little jadeite bowl because whenever I see it it's priced like 24 kt gold, lol, lucky girl!
ReplyDelete:) Pam
PS/ YES, you're a good sister.
Lovely collections! The tulip bowls are my favorite!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it funny when you find something for a wicked good price at an antique shop and are super skeptical. Is it fake? Is it broken? We're just so used to the crazy prices. Sometimes it is just meant to be!
ReplyDeleteAwesome collections! I wish I could just see one of those tulip bowls in person. I've only seen them in books and online. Lucky you!!!
ReplyDeleteGREAT finds!
ReplyDeleteYou are the queen of glassware. I love those polka dot bowls. Don't think I've ever seen one of them in person and here you go finding them left and right :)
ReplyDeleteNice finds! You were able to spend time with your sister and also found some great stuff.
ReplyDeleteEvery week you find something wonderful - your house must be huge, you have so many great treasures!!!!
ReplyDeleteLots of cool stuff! That red HA glass is the kind that "they" use on Mad Men in the "New" office. Your Dots and tulip bowls are great!!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pyrex scores you landed there!
ReplyDeleteYour bowl sets just make me smile - especially the jade-ite ones! Good for you!
ReplyDeleteGreat finds. I never find Jadeite for good prices but if I did I would certainly keep it.
ReplyDeleteYou are an awesome sister to miss the flea market! ;) I collect snowflake pyrex, and I adore the matte black. It's different, but that's why I like it.
ReplyDeleteGreat finds!!!
~xoxo, CoriLynn