Friday 18 March 2011

Pyrex and Glass

I was going to name the post Scarlett loves Pot but those not reading the post may mistake what I'm about lol.  

When I was young I collected two things: rubbers (or erasers to clarify for those dirty minds among us lol) and tins. I used to go to the boot sales with my dad loaded with my weekly pocket money and I would buy old tins. I've always loved items I can put stuff in, or hide treasures from my big brother.  My tin collection was massive and took up all the shelves in my bedroom.  When I turned into a teenager, in the quest to get "cool" all my tins were given to the charity shop. I wish I'd had the foresight to have kept those tins as I'm sure I would have had some really quite valuable ones now - always the way hey.

So from my previous buys you've probably seen my love of pots, tins, baskets and pretty much anything I can put  my tat treasure in. No surprise then on my buys from yesterdays charity shop visits:

First off is an Italian glass trinket dish:
Reduced from £1.99 to 99p - the previous date on the sticker was 3rd December 2010 so its taken them a while to reduce it!

Another trinket pot:



This is hand cross-stitched and came with a little card inside:

I'll be having to thank Patricia A. Gale for her handy work.  Bet she would be annoyed to know it was sold on in a charity shop for £1.49 :o)
A little glass Avon jar which came complete in its original packaging:

The box is dated 1988 and has probably been hidden away with the shoulder pads and ra ra skirts.  Its a very sweet jar though and of course will be filled with odds and sods soon enough. This was also on the sale shelf for 50p.

The next buy was a Cath Kidston print-a-likey by Whittards:


The lid doesn't fit the cup very well so i think the tea pot that matched must have got broken and they then thought they would be inventive and use the lid on the mug. It was £1 so i had to take this little odd ball home.

The last buy of the day was found right at the back of the shelf:

A Chelsea flower print Pyrex casserole dish! You know i love Pyrex and this little vintage gem was 70p - sorry for the crap picture (even the green coding sticker still on it lol).

Have a fabulous weekend my lovelies

Scarlett x


Linking up to the fabulous: a la carte - junkin-finds-friday




29 comments:

  1. But have you still got the rubbers, huh? My favourite was a shaped like a pot plant, and I won it in a 'price is right' style game at 6'o clock club (youth club kinda thing) by guessing 27p! A girl in my class had hundreds...

    I used to have horse brasses on my wall when I was younger - my bedroom looked like an old pub!

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  2. Ohhh sweet, your glass trinket dish is just gorgeous! Such a fan of little glass dishes :-)

    Avon . . . now that brings back some memories of poring over my Mum's Avon book as a kid, fantastic that it was still in it's packaging too!!

    Jem xXx

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  3. Lovely things! You are so clever at finding these. My grandma had a jar just like the embroidered lid one here (although I don't know if that, too, was PAG's work!) - I loved it - its funny to see it again after many years :)

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  4. wow wow wow! im in love with that italian glass trinket, the bow on it is sooo cute! i also love the cross stitch design on the trinket pot that was completed by Patricia hahaha you said the funniest thing, Scarlett!! hahahaha the cath kidston print a like mug is super cutee as well as the cottage design box, love everything that you find, always do!!! xx

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  5. The bow on that trinket box makes it so so cute and,even if it's not cath k herself i do find myself loving the cup.
    Have a nice day
    x

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  6. I used to collect rubbers as well, and stickers. I like the blue with the flowers on.
    Wish you a wonderful weekend

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  7. Love your latest Pyrex Scarlett.

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  8. Snap again I bought the exact pyrex dish (well 2 with lids) the other week.
    I also found the matching plates the week later.
    x

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  9. I'm lovin your little jars :) I collected rubbers aswell, they smelled really strong in the shop with loads of them but when you got it home it lost a lot of whiff! Loved pencil cases aswell. Still get Avon catalogue brought round the village, i am buying a lovely strawberry necklace for £5 this time, it's so cute!

    Bee happy x
    Have a delicious day!

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  10. Sono innamorata di vintage,molto dolci i barattolini di vetro,bella la tisaniera.Buona giornata e buon fine settimana,Rosetta

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  11. Loving the fact my bloggy friends were fellow rubber collectors too! I might have to find some of my old ones out to bring out a bit of nostalgia! lol Altough im sure my cola one will not be a nice now :o( lol Scarlett x

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  12. Think many of collectors did the rubber thing back in the beginning lol Love the things you found.I cant believe that some things are left on the shelf so long to be reduced so much but who cares as long as you score,well done.

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  13. Your childhood tin collection sounds so fascinating, I bet there were some real vintage ones among them.
    I must admit I am obsessed with anything tin/pot/basket related too, they just make for great storage.
    I do find it quite thrilling when something has been reduced down in price in a charity shop, you got some great bargains xx

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  14. I of course love all of your finds, but Pyrex comes closest to my heart!!!! I love that pattern! great price too!!!

    Smiles,
    The Joyful Thrifter

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  15. Scarlett! Oh my you had a fab week of finds. Love little trinket boxes myself. My fav is the one with the cross stitch lid. Love the note inside it. I have a Pyrex dish in that pattern also and it's one of my prettiest! Thanks for joining JFF this week. Hugs, Linda

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  16. Awesome stuff! I'm starting to really like the vintage pyrex now--and get totally excited when I find any (what is wrong with me?) LOL--have a great weekend.

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  17. Hi Scarlett,
    Just popping in to catch up on what you've been up. Some lovely finds you've had this week. Lucky girl. Have a great weekend.
    Hugs~ Amanda

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  18. I always called them rubbers too, eraser was too posh for us! More great bargains, love the first little glass jar :)

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  19. More lovely finds! The little box with the cross-stitch lid is so cute. My mum has that exact pyrex dish at home! x

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  20. oo some lovely finds there.. i love the little glass pot and the pattern on the cup-teapot thingy!
    oo do you have pyrex love to.. i do.. im always on the lookout for it!!

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  21. I never collected rubbers myself but my daughter does and she has a load of scented ones (truth be told, they all smell very similar). Shame about the tin collection. I often think about things I used to have that I got rid off and then wish I hadn't but then I'm a mad horder of everything. Sigh.....

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  22. Oooh I used to collect "erasers" too!! At the Tower yesterday I wanted to buy the obligatory pen, pencil, rubber etc like I always used to at when my mum took us out!

    Have a great weekend,

    Victoria xxx

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  23. You found some marvelous things! Love the cup - so very Cathe Kidston! Love the hand cross-stitched dish - gorgeous - well, everything is great!
    Beautiful,
    Kathy

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  24. Fab finds - the little cross-stitch lidded trinket box is so sweet, with its little signed note! I am a big vintage tin fan xxx

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  25. Fun finds Scarlett! The trinkets boxes are adorable and love that Pyrex!

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  26. What nice finds!! Love the Pyrex!

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  27. Scarlett I'm cryin' for all those tins you gave away! I bet there were some amazing ones! I too collected erasers when I was a kid. We don't call erasers "rubbers" here in the US so I really love learning all the British-isms that pop up on your blog! Makes me feel all worldly LOL!
    Great finds as always. I also love that hand stitched trinket jar. And of course the pyrex....yeppers I collect it too. Hope this doesn't mean we can't go shopping together one day? *winks* Vanna

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  28. Scarlett, love the name girl! Wow, what lovely finds... I adore the tin. Happy I found you! Luv-Loretta

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  29. Since blogging I keep seeing pyrex bowls/plates/dishes etc and am beginning to think I should start collecting! I saw some steak plates today with a retro pattern on which were tempting but I resisted. Do you have lots of pyrex? Which is your fave design?

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