“If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn’t there, I never really lost it to begin with…There’s no place like home.” We don’t often disagree with Dorothy, but us vintage lovers, we love home but we also love thrift stores, flea markets, estate sales and anywhere else we can find pieces with a history. This week’s fresh to market vintage has some heart’s desires for those who love pottery, love looking fabulous, love quirky view china, and love a nice roasted dinner.
Here’s the fresh to market vintage lineup for this chilly week in January…
CorningWare Dutch Oven, 1960s vintage
How many designs are as instantly recognizable as CorningWare Blue Cornflower? The simple blue flowers were designed by Joseph Baum, an artist at an ad agency in Hartford, CT. Did Mr. Baum have any idea when he created the pattern back in the 1950s that it would become an iconic American design? Made of Pyroceram, CorningWare can be used: on the stove, in the oven, in the freezer and it’s pretty enough to use on the table. The Dutch oven would be a useful size for savory stews and roasted dinners.
1960s CorningWare Blue Cornflower Dutch Oven, $ 40
-Laurie, NextStage Vintage
Japan 3 Strand Necklace and Earrings
In the 1950s there was a plethora of costume jewelry made in Japan. Much of it is very similar in style and most only marked Japan if at all. Multi-strand necklaces and bracelets of glass or plastic beads and matching cluster earrings in various shades of both bright colors and neutrals. Many accented by crystal beads, rhinestones, flowers, sequins, and other embellishments. This set is very typical of Japanese-made costume jewelry of the era. Most of which was made for the American market. The bright colors and multiple textures of this set are just as fetching now as they were then. The fact that these were worn and loved and are still in wonderful condition speaks to the quality and care taken in manufacturing these pieces.
Japan 3 Strand Bead Necklace and Earrings, $ 34.95
-Pam, Vintage Renude
Antique Pictorial Porcelain, Moll Pitcher Souvenir
I thought this Moll Pitcher was the Revolutionary War heroine but this Moll is someone an altogether different and fascinating person. If she was born 100 years earlier she would have possibly been executed as a witch. She was called a Pythoness or sooth sayer and sailors and ship captains would sail or not based on her predictions. She was so famous that John Greenleaf Whittier penned an unflattering 103 page poem about her! Sometimes a small bit of porcelain hints of a very strange and interesting piece of history! Here’s some great reading about Moll Pitcher the Fortune Teller of Lynn and Marblehead Mass.
Old Brig, Marblehead, Old Dimond (sic) Moll Pitcher Souvenir China, $ 89.99
-Mary Ellen, AuntHattiesAttic
Antique Green Glazed Stoneware Pitcher
I am quite certain I was a ceramist in a former life because I am drawn to early handmade pieces of pottery, particularly pitchers. This is a utilitarian yellow ware pitcher that was dressed up with a random embossed circular design before the green glaze was applied. The maker is unknown but the interesting shape and deep green glaze make it a nice piece of early Americana.
Early Hand-thrown Yellow Ware Pitcher, $ 110
-Linda, Selective Salvage
We don’t know about you, but we are thinking of places we could wear that gorgeous 1950s necklace and earrings. It’s so fabulous, it should be worn to special places like…everywhere! It should be worn everywhere! And although matchy-matchy is frowned on now, vintage necklace and earrings sets are absolutely an exception to that arbitrary fashion rule. Fabulous can’t be constrained.
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