There’s nothing like buying something and getting free bonus. Not the “4 extra ounces” kind of bonus; a bonus of substance that is useful long term. We mean vintage bonuses, like buying peanut butter, sour cream or jelly packed in a printed glass that you can put in the kitchen cabinet and use daily long ofter the contents are gone. The L’eggs plastic egg is another classic bonus. Finding a plastic L’eggs egg with a crocheted cover will make anyone’s tail wag. We’re biased, but we think the Welch’s jelly glasses in this week’s fresh to market vintage are the best of all the vintage packaging bonuses. They’re still being used, some of them after 65+ years.
We can’t think of much that has a bonus like that now. Mason jars are repurposed into drinkware. Le Fermière and Oui yogurt come in nice glass containers that are useful. The Bon Maman mini jars from their annual jam advent calendar has a whole creative community out there doing cool stuff with them. There must be others, but none are as swank as any of the vintage printed glasses that were used for packaging foods back in the day.
If Flintstones jelly glasses are not your jam, we have other fresh to market vintage that might butter your bread. The spring bunny vase, the antique cookie cutters or that scrumptious beaded necklace and earring set are all waiting to amuse you.
1960s Welch’s Jelly Glasses
If there was a favorite glassware for kids in the 1950s-1970s, it would be Welch’s jelly jars with printed cartoon faves around the sides and the embossed image of a bonus fave on the bottom. Each theme issue would have six to eight different glasses, which must have boosted the consumption of grape jelly in many households with kids trying to get the whole set. Welch’s started with Howdy Doody and moved on to characters including the Looney Tunes, the Flintstones and the Archies. The glasses were brought back in a new shape in the 1980s, but our heart is stuck firmly in the 60s and 70s classics. Not going to lie, I wash down my meds with an Archies glass. Read more about the history of Welch’s jelly jars here.
Two Flintstones Welch’s Jelly Glasses featuring Pebbles, $25.
-Laurie, NextStage Vintage
Spring Bunnies Vase
I find it very difficult when it is winter. I think fondly of my spring, summer and fall flea markets and yard sales. The best way for us to go picking in winter is to hit group shops and estate sales. I have found some very nice things at the past two estate sales and can’t wait for more. This sweet bunny duo is ready and hoping (or is that hopping?) for spring! I love their smiling faces and the momma’s very long ears. The basket is molded raffia fabric texture with a bright chartreuse and sunny green that gives me some patience that it is going to warm up.
Spring Themed Vase, $64.99
-Mary Ellen, Aunt Hatties Attic
Two Antique Cookie Cutters c 1900s
Who among us doesn’t love cookies? Not sure I’d actually use these two for making them but they certainly would add a charming touch to your kitchen decor. Made of tin, these two open-backed cutters have a nicely oxidized finish that attests to their age.
Gingerbread Man and Heart Cookie Cutters, $30
-Linda, Selective Salvage
Multistrand Necklace & Earrings Set
Float into spring with this colorful multi strand twisted bead necklace and matching earrings. This demi parure set in shades of turquoise blue, green, pink, and purple features 5 strands twisted into a narrow torsade and finished with filigree end caps and a beaded round clasp. The matching earrings feature the same beaded round shape with five individual beads dangling below and matching the necklace. Made in Japan.
Multistrand Beaded Necklace and Earrings Set, $45.95.
-Pam, Vintage Renude
That’s this week’s fresh to market vintage. From the colors, it feels like we are leaning into February, knowing that March comes next, and after that is April…and we love April.
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