Thrift shop finds--with a question

[lordkenmore]

Goodwill color tag clearance struck again last night with these two glasses.

I am wondering if anyone here knows anything about this type of glass. I am guessing that these were older, since I THINK they look like glasses that one roommate had (which, apparently, dated back several decades to one of my ex-roommate's grandmother). In any case, I thought these were too good to let go the Big Blue Graveyard (the Dumpster) in back of Goodwill. (Which is what is--or used to happen--to stuff that didn't sell by the end of clearance sales.)

Both glasses have wear & tear. The glass on the right has a couple of light scratches, and both glasses have chips on the lip. Those chips appear to have been smoothed out. Past these problems, they good at distance. They might add a little diversity to the Coffee Pot Shelf.

If nothing else, the clearance deal was good. Together, they were about $1. Today, the last day of the clearance sale, they'd revert to a flat 99 cents each. (Yes, only a dollar more. But a dollar saved is a dollar earned, and all that.)

 

[lordkenmore]

While on mysteries, there is this pan. It looks worse in the photo than in person. (Camera isn't the best--and the photographer leaves a lot to be desired, too!) It was made by Pyrex--there is a flame logo with the name Pyrex stamped on the metal piece connecting the handle and the metal band around the pan.

I don't think I've seen anything like it before--all the Pyrex I can think of was oven stuff. From the shape (the bulging ring of glass under the metal band), I wonder if this wasn't part of a double boiler once.

My question--whether this pan can be used, as is, on a modern stove.

 

[appnut]

yes, it was the double boiler insert of a double-boiler pan set. It SHOULD be able to be used on a gas or electric coil stove. would see these in shows, cooking shows, and advertisements in the late 1950s and 1960s.

 

[lordkenmore]

This was a find a month or so back. It was a fun find because we ate at a Chinese restaurant quite often when I was growing up that had this pattern, or something very similar. We had many, many bowls of Won Ton soup served in little bowls just like this one.

I am particularly thinking of that restaurant this week. For at least a couple of Thanksgivings, my mother and I were alone. We really didn't feel like doing a traditional dinner. (There were issues involving a "recovery" from years of another Thanksgiving tradition that might have lasted far longer than it should have. Plus, we really didn't feel like having left over turkey for six months. Some people love turkey that much. We didn't!) So, those two years, we decided to do something totally non-traditional and different--we celebrated Thanksgiving the night before at the Chinese restaurant. Making sure, of course, to order "too much" so we'd have leftovers the next day. (These Thanksgivings were sort of like the Christmas at the Chinese restaurant in A Christmas Story now that I think of it!)

This bowl isn't Wedgewood or Spode--but unlike the "good" china, it's fun reminder of the past for me.

 

[lordkenmore]

Finally, there is this clock. I think it's perhaps a little too new, too plasticy for my tastes. But it's very practical--it's battery operated, which is quite useful since it'll stay running and usable through power failures.

Plus, I do find it fun in that it's the smallest Anniversary clock I've ever seen. (To the right, you'll see a mug which shows how small this clock is.) Plus, the "pendulum" has small, square crystal blocks which I don't think I've seen before. Although, I cheerfully admit I haven't seen many Anniversary clocks.

I can't remember the price, but it was one of those funny Goodwill situations--price low (probably because its small), vs far larger clocks that may be clearly broken, and were (that day) certainly stuff so ugly they'd have to pay ME to take it.

This clock is also sort of vintage in that it clearly says that it was made in Western Germany. Which means that, plastic or no plastic, it is (in washer terms) Imperial forum age.

 

[a440]

Don't use that Pyrex pot on an electric stove. These were flame ware pots.
I think there was an attachment that you would have to put on your electric element if you wanted to use it on an electric stove.

 

[autowasherfreak]

My mother used a double boiler quite a bit, especially when she would be making homemade chocolate or peanut butter fudge.

 

[rp2813]

My mom had a set of those glasses that were like a cross between the two shown, with longer stems. Their shape was more squatty like the one on the left and had a similar pattern, but they were flared like the one on the right. For the better part of their life in the household, they sat in the dining room hutch and saw very little use.

 

[norgeway]

Pyrex and electric...

I use a similar double boiler all the time, Pyrex supplied a wire grid to hold the pot off the unit,works fine.

 

[gadgetgary]

Wire Grid

Used on the Pyrex percolators too

 

[tomturbomatic]

John, a book on Depression Glass should help you identify the stemware. Great finds.

 

[wringersteve]

Stemware

The stemware shown at the top of this thread looks like it could have come from the Warsaw Cut Glass Company of Warsaw, Indiana. The company has been in business in the same location for nearly a century. The company website is www.warsaw-cutglass.com. I believe they keep record of their patterns and could help you identify your pieces. Hope this helps!