Month: June 2021

Saxony, 1967. Been waiting a really loooonnng time to complete this one. Trivia: In Canada, a slightly different candle warmer with a removable candle cup and less-curvy arms was paired with Saxony and also a 1968 Daisy 475 promo.

This clipping from the 1971 dealer catalog likely does much to explain where the name "Brown", seen on cartons, came from as relates to the Earthtones bakeware set. Even though this was the first year that catalogs illustrated each pattern's array of shapes this way, it's clear the capability existed to show reasonably accurate shades of color. Perhaps this set was "reimagined" before it actually came to market. Note that 8 is the same pattern number as that of the Americana bowls.

933 oblong baking dish aka lasagna pan from the Earthtones/Brown bakeware set. Pyrex picking trips have been far fewer than usual this past year and some months. I spotted this one on an antique store's facebook page over a year ago. The owner regularly takes store photos, and it never moved in all that time. Must be dinged up or priced too high, I figured. Amazingly, other than a little cooking residue on the tops of the handles, it's mint, not a scratch. And I got a $5 discount.

All four Compatibles cream and sugar sets, available 1972 to 1975. I was lucky enough to obtain all of them including the often-missing sugar bowl covers, and the Snowflake Blue set in its original box. These are known as the "small" sets, and were only available in these four patterns. Creamers in many other patterns were made as restaurant ware, as were the bouillon/custard cups whose shape was borrowed for these sugar bowls. The "large" sets that followed in 1981 were available in a far wider array of patterns to match over a dozen Corelle patterns.