retro snacking

The popcorn is not vintage, but these two pieces of Boontonware melamine are. I found this bowl and large serving platter at a barn sale along with a Boontonware creamer and sugar bowl (not pictured)-- all for a couple of dollars. While I had come across pieces of Boontonware in colors of aqua, pink, and yellow now and then in my rummaging, this ivory color was a new one for me.

colorful "sour cream" glassware

Back in the day, sour cream was sold in a variety of patterned drinking glasses of various sizes. Now, they're a usable collectable. Pictured are my recent finds: the two taller glasses, which I found on a table of glassware at a recent yard sale, were a quarter each. I unearthed the two smaller red "pinwheel" design glasses at a yard sale just yesterday. The people running the sale had a box of household items at the curb marked "free," -- that's where I found the red-pinwheel glasses. Not bad!!

hello 1950s..!

I found these pink and black canisters at a barn sale near my home in Pennsylvania the other year...all four for a dollar!


They are marked with the brand "Decoware" on the bottom, and aside from a little rust in a couple of them, they are in good condition for an item that dates to the 50s. I don't actually store anything in them but use them for show in my breakfast room, keeping them on the very top of my display cabinet.

I've seen a variety of other vintage metalware by Decoware in this same pattern on the Internet, including a wastebasket and a cake holder.