One thing the Vintage Unscripted team loves almost as much as finding a dusty, crusty vintage gem in its natural habitat is having the perfect word to describe it. That’s why we have is a small but growing glossary of vintage terms on the site. Glass, in particular, has some excellent descriptive words. Rigaree, cased, custard, latticinio, milk, opalescent, peachblow and hobnail are all top quality words, some of which we really should add to our glossary. This week’s fresh to market vintage has a new glass word, “rosaline.”
Once you hear the word “rosaline,” you know it’s the exactly perfect word to describe the Czech glass necklace, even if you’ve never heard it before. You wouldn’t call the color peach, you wouldn’t call it pink. One of us, and we’re not naming names, has used the color name “syrupy pink” to describe what they now know to be rosaline. Who doesn’t instantly put syrupy pink depression glassware in their checkout cart?
The rest of this week’s fresh to market vintage doesn’t need a special word to describe the color. That doesn’t mean it’s not awesome. But you’ll be the judge of that.
Czech Glass Necklace
While researching this necklace I learned a new term, the word Rosalin or Rosaline glass. This peach tone of glass is created by adding the chemical selenium to the molten glass which creates this beautiful shade of pinkish peach. Faceted cut glass beads in graduated sizes make the color appear to be darker as the beads get larger. It’s a beautiful effect and looks fabulous when worn.
Peach Czech Glass Necklace, $48.95
-Pam, Vintage Renude
Lady of Czestochowa, a Roman Catholic Icon
My husband and his parents went to Poland in 1970. They were on a tour run by a local priest who was fluent in modern Polish. They all got a private viewing of her at the Jasna Gora Monastery. One of my favorite stories about my handsome husband was that the priest was trying to convince some beautiful young Polish women that my then boyfriend was an actor in American films!
Queen of Poland Metal Icon, $55.99
-Mary Ellen, Aunt Hatties Attic
Vintage Ceramic Lion Bank c 1970s
I love the look on this sweet little lion’s face. Suppose he’s surprised by people’s generosity? Whatever he is thinking, he would be a fun gift for the Leo in your life.
Ceramic Lion “Piggy” Bank, $20
-Linda, Selective Salvage
60s Iceberger Ice Pack
Do you remember metal ice packs? If you’re over a certain age, you might. My family used canned ice in our pink metal Coleman cooler. Finding a 1960s canned ice in such good condition was gasp inducing (there is a reason I do not play poker). I let that pink Coleman cooler go when I was clearing my parent’s house a couple decades ago, and I’m still tweaked at myself about that. But I was overwhelmed and I was up to my armpits in stuff at the time.
Before 1959, you might have used a block of ice or cubes or nothing in your cooler, which made the contents either soggy and sloppy or hospitable to salmonella. Albert A. Robbins upgraded the technology in 1959, with the invention of an instant cold pack. The company that made this Iceberger was founded in 1958. These innovations exist in parallel to the expansion of the interstate highway system. I submit that more people taking longer road trips drove demand for a reusable ice pack like the Iceberger. It wasn’t until 1971, the blue goo in plastic ice packs were invented by Jacob Spenser.
Guard All Chemical Co. Iceberger Reusable Ice Pack, $48.
–Laurie, NextStage Vintage
That’s this week’s fresh to market vintage lineup. You have to admit, it’s diverse. But so are we. That’s why you should take a minute and subscribe to our email newsletter so you never miss a post. You might not be interested in all our content, but it would stink to miss a post about some kind of vintage that you love bestest. And we offer a 100% no spam ever guarantee.
