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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jul 14 2004 : 10:05:05 AM
I was just thinking while washing dishes the other day how much I love my old dishes. I have been collecting the ones we use daily for about 15 years. They are Colonial Homestead by Royal..sort of an "inside a cabin" scene, with different parts on different pieces and the whole scene on the big platters. The dinner plates have a fireplace and stuff around it. They are mostly green with cream. I find them now and then and got alot of them on Ebay..which was new to me at the time. They were made in the 1950's. Do any of you use old dishes every day? I never find new dishes that I like the looks of, and my oldest kids (grown) say it just wouldn't feel right to eat on other dishes when they are home. I remember my grandma's dishes very well. (white with wheat along one side) and her coffee cups were the shiny caramel colored fire king. I have some of the jadite mugs..but one day at a yard sale bought one like hers were and I am greedy with it. I am the only one who gets to use it. 
Jenny in Utah
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Nov 25 2005 : 09:20:37 AM
page 11 .. finally found the 'olde dishes' postings! i don't really have any olde dishes from my own family ... but i have collected them for 25 years now and have such a wonderful collection of them. and i USED them all those 25 years too ... attaching memories to them. started by having tea parties with our two little daughters .. and used them at tea parties and for gatherings (especially of women friends .. as most of my older ones are very fragile and feminine). i especially love olde china cups and saucers. when our oldest daughter was little, we started going to 'flea markets' and 'yard sales' .. she decided to collect 'vintage dessert plates' .. and she collected so many .. the pile was "taller" than she was when she finally stopped growing at age 16 or 17. she started 'gifting' them to friends and family members .. keeping many for herself too, of course!
kristen would find these from anywhere between a nickel and a dollar .. and most often, people just gave them to her because she was so cute and enthusiastic about them! |
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Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 9:32:21 PM
Both my grandma and mom called the rectangle bowls 'refrigerator bowls.' I have several of them in various stages, from different periods, clear glass, painted in primary colors, browns from the 70's, etc. I use them in my craft room and in my kitchen. There has been somewhat of a revival of them. Martha Stewart has her own line with plastic lids. This is much more convenient for eveyday use. I also got some reproductions in two different sizes at Big Lots a couple of years ago. They even had vintage looking labels on them. They sit in my craft room with the labels still in tact. My kitchen is over loaded with treasures, so there is no room for them in there.
Anyhow, they are still out there..I see them all the time at yard sales. Some have the lids and some don't, but I even see the lids without the container at times, as I did this last weekend. In fact I saw a lid and was going to buy it but got distracted by something else and forgot. Silly me.
So keep looking for them Lynda...especially if you are trying to recreate your grandmas kitchen. A better reason I cannot think of! (BTW my oldest daughter lives about 2 hours from St. Louis) I love to visit there. We will probably go again in October.
Pamela
"I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!" |
| FloralSaucer |
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 6:38:06 PM
Glad I could help Lynda. |
| Melissa |
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 12:25:06 PM
Hi everyone. I just found your chat room about old dishes. I collect dishes with birds on them and have found some beautiful old ones made by the company who created the Fiesta line. I like to hang mine on the wall as art but I've lost a few when my husband bumped into the wall! Some people say he's clumsy....I agree! Anywho, here's a great site to check out for using broken dishes and making jewelry with the pieces...and it's very simple to do, too. Hope you enjoy: http://diynetwork.com/diy/cr_jewelry/article/0,2025,DIY_13762_3972079,00.html
"Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light." Roethke |
| FarrarFarmgirl |
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 11:35:00 AM
FloralSaucer,
THe clear dish on the link that you shared is pretty much what some of my grandma's dishes looked like. Some were also colored. The glass wasn't colored, more like painted, however the colored ones did not have the ridges. I never thought of the clear one or colored glass ones being depression glass. Thanks for sharing that link, now I know what to look under when I want to find some. That's exactly what I was hoping to find out.
Have a blessed day.
In His hands,
Lynda
Pray in faith and you will not live in doubt. |
| QuiltingQueen |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 05:51:30 AM
Kim,
I don't have any with that marking (I was hoping I might have some to share), but I'll keep my eyes open when I'm out and about.
Jane
Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action. ~Mother Teresa |
| Kim |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 05:37:48 AM
Jane
It says "Tack" on the bottom and it also says NKT Schmid.
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
| FloralSaucer |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 11:37:58 PM
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/clear-depression-glass-bread-butter-container-with-lid_W0QQitemZ7340883654QQcategoryZ29573QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Is this what you mean?
There is also another listing of three. In www.ebay.com.au and under depression glass. Not saying to buy them, but so you can find them again if you want to.
I didn't think they were called refrigerator dishes but the description on ebay gives alot of insights, I learnt something too, thanks. |
| Whimsy_girl |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 11:18:47 PM
My dad is an antique dealer, and he through the years gives me his mismatches and castoffs :) I have half a set of shipped up old spode which if not chipped to high heaven would be worth quite a bit :) It's pretty and it is in such unique sizes too. I usually use it for dearving breads in the large plates and dips in the smaller ones.
you can be oh so smart, or you can be oh so positive. I wasted a lot of time being smart I prefer being positive. |
| QuiltingQueen |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 9:56:35 PM
Kim,
What kind of white ironstone do you collect? I have some old white ironstone pieces from about that era, but I'm not sure if it's your pattern.
Jane
Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action. ~Mother Teresa |
| FloralSaucer |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 5:34:08 PM
Lynda, that sounds like a nice stay, and I wish I could be adopted there as well. My husband has been lucky enough to have a day out like that.
It seems you are describing depression glass.
I love those metal cups when I was little too, you can buy them again, often some of those things where made in China and they still make them exactly the same.
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| Kim |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 1:36:18 PM
Lynda,
I have a set of refrigerator dishes. Some I received from my gramma and some I have purchased.
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 1:20:01 PM
Lynda -- my grandma had those glass refrigerator dishes too! They are still out there but hard to find with the lids intact. Aunt Jenny is doing a drawing for a set of aluminum cups for just the cost of postage -- about $5. See her post under the Kitchen Forum titled A Freebie.
"If you are lucky enough to have a garden, you are lucky enough!" |
| FarrarFarmgirl |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 10:30:15 AM
Dishes are a favorite of mine, too. Actually, collecting them is something my daughter and I love to do together. It's the first area we hit when we go to second hand stores, yard sales or even the department stores. We do have a fondness for the old dishes though more than the newer ones.
My husband and I for our 5th anniversary went to Arcola & Arthur,IL to the Amish country. We were secretly hoping to be adopted - my husband even wore his overalls and he sports a very healthy beard - but to our dismay that did not happen - anyway, we stay at a bed and breakfast that just made my heart melt. The owner had two very large cupboard with glass doors just stocked full of sets of dishes. BEAUTIFUL dishes! And each morning the table was set to the hilt with a different matching set. I was in heaven, my husband was scared, probably more nervous than anything. It is my dream to have several sets of dishes to pull from as I like to serve our meals on or for special occassions. Of course, my kids make fun of me, because they think I have more than enough now, but I have 3 boys, too, so that explains alot. :o)
The one kind of dish that I would like to find more of are the kind of glass containers that my grandmother had. She called them refrigerator dishes. I don't know if that is the right term or not. The were rectangular or square, had a clear glass lid and the container part was ribbed, if I remember correctly. And they came in various colors. Does anyone know what I am describing? And if that is the correct name or do they go by something else that I would know what to look for? I would love to have some, I loved Grandma Sarah and going to her house, it would be so nice to have some of the things like she had. There weren't any of them left when she passed away. I think as I get older I find myself missing her even more for some reason and I'm realizing more and more all the memories that come from spending summers with her and Grandpa. So much more than I ever realize, but oh, I am so thankful God made her my grandma and that she had such an infuence on my life.
I kind of took a little diversion there from dishes, but I think of her always when I look for dishes. She's the one who also had the aluminum colored cups - we LOVED them as kids - I don't know why - they were different than what we had at home and we could use them at grandmas. Maybe it's because I am a grandma now and I think of the things that my grandparents did that made me love them so much and I want to duplicate that to my grandchildren in my own way, but still carry on the old ways.
Anyway, I must, must get back to work, but I will be anxious to see what you all know about my grandma's refrigertor dishes. Thanks so much. Have a wonderful day of blessings, enjoy them all - big and small.
In His hands,
Lynda
Pray in faith and you will not live in doubt. |
| bramble |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 10:03:19 AM
Holly are your "polish" dishes the navy blue/cream ones with the circles and squiggles and pine tree patterns? We have that up at camp and I bought it in a box lot about 14 years ago for 10.00! I didn't know what it was, just thought it looked like it would withstand the cabin and us! Someone told me they sell it on QVC now!I love it and have picked some up at Marshall's/TJ Maxx but it doesn't seem as plentiful and also abit pricy now.
with a happy heart |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 08:58:39 AM
I saw a border like that once and it WAS adorable..I had forgotten..thanks for the reminder!!
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things |
| mollymae |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 08:04:16 AM
Cute idea, Tania!!!
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."~Rumi
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| Tatiana |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 07:31:43 AM
I love old dishes and love to look for them at estate sales. I saw a very cute idea for those of us with too many dishes. It was a garden border where the "planted the dishes so that 1/2 to 3/4 of the dish was sticking out. It was just delightful, but I am still trying to talk my Husband into it. Just think of all of those flowers on the dishes that you won't have to replant every year  .
Happy collecting,
Tania |
| mollymae |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 07:20:09 AM
I have all my granny's china (Violet China ~ Golden Wheat Pattern). Growing up, we would always spend Thanksgiving and Christmas at her house, and out would come that china, so I continue the tradition now that I have all her pieces :). I even had found a long time ago a huge platter in the pattern at a thrift store for $0.75!!! It has since broken :(. I've bought some vegetable dishes off ebay as well. I also have just a few pieces of my other grandma's china, (Nasco Nocturne)...those pieces are very hard to find...my favorite china pattern of all time is Old Country Roses by Royal Daulton...I have a 20 pc set, but never bring it out, I should now and then I guess :).
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."~Rumi
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Posted - Aug 09 2005 : 10:45:07 PM
Floralsaucer,
I do not know which bowls are made with lead in them. I guess I should do some research and find out. I am just careful what I put in the vintage bowls. I do not worry about things like popcorn or chips. But who knows? Anything in them could be unhealthy. I will see what I can find out about the lead. If I can find anything out, I'll post what I learn.
I found two more old bowls this past weekend at a yard sale. They were part of a set, one an ironstone color, the other sage green. God blesses me with such fun finds!
Pamela
"I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!" |
| showmemom |
Posted - Aug 07 2005 : 08:59:41 AM
i collect the dishes my grandma used on the farm. they are a Universal Cambridge dish called "largo". they look a little bit like jewel T but have a more orange flower-it looks a lot like bittersweet around the rims.
we started about 5 yrs. ago when i was in a antique shop and found a big platter for $4.00. and off we went. i now have enough plates and salad plates for 12 along with various serving pieces.
always looking for more. my best buy was yesterday. out with my husband in a flea market we hadn't been in before and found 8 dinner plates for $10 so now have a wealth of plates!!
it brings me such joy to set my table with these dishes-so many memories of simple peace at my grandma's table with all of us there.
talk to you soon.
karen
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
Victor Hugo |
| kellygirl |
Posted - Aug 04 2005 : 10:33:52 AM
I love old dishes too. I have alot of old meat platters with floral designs hanging up in my house. I also collect old plates with fruit on them for my kitchen. In my bathroom I am using a green depression glass sugar bowl for holding cotton balls and the creamer for holding q-tips. I love using old stuff in new ways. Any other ways anyone uses old dishes?
To Thine Ownself Be True |
| ArmyWifey |
Posted - Aug 04 2005 : 08:43:51 AM
I have a bunch of polish pottery that I love but I also have some older transferware dishes that we use, no one pattern they are mix and match -- red and blue.
Then we have teacups we've collected. One of my favorites is shamrocks and the cup is footed.
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| FloralSaucer |
Posted - Aug 03 2005 : 11:08:02 PM
Which ones have lead in them? |
| Photobugs |
Posted - Aug 03 2005 : 11:06:08 PM
Dishes I like, but serving bowls are what I am addicted to collecting. Not sure why. They do not have to be vintage either, but have to have a vintage look to fit in my kitchen. I had one of those Home America home parties back in May..boy did I go crazy over those bowls and spent a ton of money on them. The nice things is that they are microwave, dishwasher and oven safe. So I can actually use them where I cannot always use the old ones because of the lead content in them.
I used to be able to find old crockery bowls at yard sale for a good price, but they have gotten harder to find this way or people want alot of money for them.
Pamela
"I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice scream!" |
