Vintage Pyrex Collecting: A Complete Guide
“Vintage Pyrex” among collectors doesn’t mean just any old glass kitchenware — it specifically refers to the colored, patterned opal glass mixing bowls and casserole dishes Corning Glass Works produced roughly from the mid-1940s through the 1970s, and it’s currently one of the most actively…
Vintage Pyrex Patterns: From Primary Colors to the Rarest Finds
Vintage Pyrex patterns range from genuinely common, widely available designs still easy to find at a reasonable price, to a handful of extraordinarily rare test patterns that command serious money whenever a genuine example surfaces. Primary Colors The nesting mixing bowl set in yellow, red,…
Vintage Fire-King Jadeite: A Collecting Guide
Fire-King Jadeite — a pale, opaque green glass made by Anchor Hocking, not Corning — is one of the most recognizable and actively collected vintage American kitchenware colors, with a revival story that’s genuinely tied to a specific, well-documented moment in popular culture. What Fire-King…
How to Date Vintage Pyrex: Marks, Numbers, and Spotting Fakes
Dating a piece of vintage Pyrex comes down to reading the bottom of the piece carefully — the maker’s mark, embossed size numbers, and pattern all combine to narrow down when and as what it was originally sold, which matters more than ever given how…