We’ve gotten behind on posting stuff in the daily flow of the blog because of all the action going on over at the Flickr group. It’s sometimes easier to post pics over there, but we’ll keep coming back to the blog every so often. Here are two great sets of the standard D-Handle Mugs we’ve picked up recently. They are Citrus Orange and Steel Blue in color - we know the orange ones were meant to complement the “Citrus” Corelle pattern, but aren’t sure about the blue ones.

We had been looking for this older Pyrex Prize Recipes book printed in 1953 by Greystone Press for quite awhile now. Finally, we just got it off of Ebay. It’s quite a bit smaller than I had pictured, about 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. I had thought it was the size of a notebook sheet of paper. The mug is a standard 1410 diagonal handle that i used to show the relative size. This cost $2.50 back in the day, and we got it for about that much not including shipping.

This is an interesting recipe book because it has quite a few color pictures of different types of Pyrex Ware including both standard Oven Ware, Flame Ware and Colored Oven Ware and Pyrex Dinnerware. It is actually comprised of recipes sent in by homemakers and users of Pyrex Ware.

I was sort of hoping it would have a few pics of promotional items in it, but as this was 1953 it was a bit too early still. The dishes shown are more utilitarian, although they are rather nice. Here are two sample pics on Flickr. They show the Hostess Sets quite a bit, as well as both lime, flamingo and yellow pie plates and bakers. Many of the pics show Flameware percolators being used for things other than coffee, which is kind of neat.

I’d been meaning to put up a full article on Magic Eraser usage and finally got a chance to make a start on one today. I’ll continue to put up new pictures of the “before and after” when using Magic Eraser - this is what takes so long.

Please read all the warnings about using this product with your Pyrex, especially if you have older, valuable items. We recommend using it to clean Pyrex with some definite reservations - it is a very convenient and quick way to try and take out marks on glassware in many cases.

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Sorry, for the lack of posts recently. We just haven’t had much time, and what little of that there is has been spent updating the reference pages and talking to folks over on the Pyrex Love flickr group. By the way, if you have a question and are thinking of submitting a picture for us to look at, it will save a whole lot of time if you just signup for a Flickr account and post your picture to the group. You will also get the combined knowledge of the group in answering your question, and there are several folks in the group who know more than us about patterns, etc.

OK, so only 1/3 of the pieces above are Pyrex - we have sort of expanded our thrift store hunts to include other glass manufacturers (and even some pottery). The 472 1.5 pint Snowflake Blue casserole has a pretty popular pattern that we usually see get snapped up quickly at the Salvo and goodwill stores.

The 8×8 baker is a Fire King dish with another popular pattern called “Candleglow”. These glass pans sure are useful to bake things like brownies… The Fire King measuring cup - we don’t know too much about the age of that one or whether it’s new or not. We think it must be 80s or before, though, because there is no metric on it. It’s a good sized 1 quart measuring cup.

Pyrex Mania! This isn’t really a “find”, but we finally had a chance to photograph most of the Promotional Oval 1 1/2 Quart Pyrex Casseroles (043/943 numbers) that we own. I think a few are still in storage, though. These 1.5 quart casseroles were one of the most popular sizes for promotional items - they came in a variety of colors, lid designs, and with or without a whole assortment of different cradles.

A month or so back we started up two new sections on Pyrex Love. They are the FAQ and Contributors pages. Currently, these pages are VERY much under construction, and they will always be in constant flux as we put more information up and people contribute pics.

The FAQ is being worked on slowly, so you might notice many links broken and questions unanswered for the time being. Still, please check there first if you have a question before contacting us directly…

The Contributors page is reserved for folks who have submitted pics for inclusion in the reference - we wanted a place to say thanks by linking to their flickr, ebay, personal or company sites. We’re always looking for pics, especially of the more rare promo items, British / Agee pyrex, Flameware and older Vintage ovenware. If you would like to donate some pictures for use (we will credit you on them), that would be awesome because there is no way we can possibly buy all the Pyrex that we need to fill out the reference! (although, we are making an awful good try at it judging from our recent Ebay purchases…)

We’ve been starting to take an interest in vintage clear Pyrex glass after focusing mostly on color patterns. The problem is that many of the older pieces are severely worn, missing parts or are chipped. The coffee percolator in the foreground, however, was in near perfect condition and came with the inner glass tube and aluminium basket pieces intact - for $2. This is a fairly common 6 cup Flameware percolator #7756 with the glass handle that detaches when you remove the stainless steel band around the pot. Because the pieces are often broken or lost, we see minty specimens going for a surprisingly high amount on Ebay.

An example of an incomplete percolator is in the back on the right… this is an older #7826 6-8 cup percolator with a “fin” glass lid that was severely chipped, but I picked it up for $2 anyhow because of the interesting handle (sorry, difficult to see in the picture). At first it seemed to be dark brown wood of some type, but closer inspection showed it to be some sort of hard plastic. The pot is entirely missing the inner percolating mechanism, which is quite a common occurrence.

Lastly, the “beehive” looking set of bowls in the back (I didn’t realize the small bowl was sitting off-center on the riser until after taking the picture) is a good example of third party Pyrex. These are two heavy duty glass bowls that were made by Pyrex for Westinghouse and are marked so on the bottom of each bowl. The smaller bowl has a small pouring spout, while the larger bowl has an upward facing indentation on its inner bottom - that makes it rather difficult to stack. We think these bowls were originally meant to be used as mixer bowls (perhaps similar to the common opal white Hamilton Beach ones that we see all over the place). Three dollars for the set.

We’ve come across a few interesting promotional casseroles lately. Well, I guess to call them finds is a bit of a stretch, since the two bigger ones are Ebay items. It’s just so difficult to find these casseroles with their original cradles which is something we’ve been coveting lately.

First up is a standard 943 promo yellowish-tan casserole that doesn’t have an official name (yet) but is commonly called “Weave”. We’ve been contemplating a name for that one, mostly because “weave” is a bit ambiguous. Wicker or Geometric Weave or Basket Weave might be better. It came with a nice wooden handle cradle that has a candle warmer on the bottom.

Next is a larger 945 promo casserole that’s been on our list of items to pick up. Again, there’s no official name, but the orange and pink designs on the front sort of look like Rosettes, so we’re thinking of a name along those lines for the reference. This also came with a wooden handled candle warmer cradle, also from Ebay.

Last up is an interesting little JAJ Crown Pyrex mini-casserole. We’re not sure of the name of this one (Checkers?) but it was found at the Salvation Army the other day. Very unusual to find these English pieces in California. We’ve been meaning to start up a little section on JAJ one of these days but just haven’t gotten around to it. The pattern features highly stylized green and blue rose blooms - very interesting.

A little companion post of latest finds to match the earlier Blue pyrex haul. Clockwise from top left… a nice Snowflake Blue oval casserole grabbed at a garage sale. Next to that one is a Corning Cornflower Blue 6 cup tea kettle w/ Bakelite (?) lid. We know it’s not Pyrex but it was only a dollar at a church sale.

The bottom two bowls were a steal at the Goodwill, both for 99 cents. First is the unofficially named Golden Grapes pattern on a small 441 cinderella Delphite bowl. Interestingly, this is the smaller bowl in a chip and dip set that also included a large 4 quart #444 bowl with a cradle. Unfortunately, only we found only the small bowl… wonder where the large one went? Next to that one is a lidless Horizon Blue 472 1.5 pint Bake-Serve Store casserole. We do have other examples of Horizon Blue but just haven’t had time yet to input them into the reference.

Here’s a decent selection of brown and beige vintage kitchen items found over the past month or so. You’ll definitely recognize the Woodland Brown bowls - interestingly we found the two sizes that were the same color which is a lighter beige. These are the 404 and 402 bowls - as you know the other two are darker brown in color.

We also picked up this very nice “Spices” Promotional Pyrex casserole which is interesting because the color is almost identical to the reddish-beige of the Woodland Brown pattern. This one is easily identifiable because it says “Spices” in script on the side. We also believe this one to be a newer item because it has capacity on the bottom in metric.

On top of that casserole is a 401 pint Homestead mixing bowl that we picked up at a church sale for a mere 50 cents. Homestead has a speckled beige background along with a navy blue pattern that is often mistaken for Pfaltzgraff.

Lastly, the mug featured is a Brown fired on Glasbake cup that was scooped up for a quarter. And the dark brown to black bowls in the front are actually Fire King… we actually found 7 of these in one shot at the Goodwill for $4 total!