These canisters in the "spice of life" pattern resonate 1960s, and many items of Pyrex and Corningware had this popular motif. I've found a variety of uses for them: as you can see, mine currently contain plastic cutlery, toothpicks...even can be used as a dinosaur holder! Purchased in 2007 at the New Life Thrift Shop in Glenside, PA, they ranged in price from 1 to 2 dollars a piece. The lid on the tallest canister has yellowed a bit with age/use.
There actually used to be a fourth canister that did not survive to see 2008.
Note to self: while Pyrex is quite sturdy in many ways, let a piece slip from your grasp onto the hard floor, and there's a high probability it will break. My daughter dropped it while attempting to store rice (excellent idea for use, by the way!) and then had a nasty mess of rice and glass to sweep up.
A little Pyrex mystery...
I'm thinking that the smallest canister pictured (holding the toothpicks) may be part of a different set. While the motif on the lid matches the other two, the colors are slightly different. No red pepper, for example, on that canister's lid...it's more of a brown color and though it's hard to tell from the photo, the other spice-colors do not quite match the larger container lids.
2 comments:
Hmmmm... it must have been your other daughter who dropped that piece :-)
I received the "spice of Life" corningware at my wedding shower in 1974. Still use them all today.
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