Month: March 2018

Typically seen without its original accessories, this 403 is normally called Turquoise Diamonds. It's really a third party product by Dainty Maid, sold 1959-1960.

Was feeling pretty smug about the Nouveau Floral underplate for $1.50, until I got to the next stop. Finally, the elusive red Friendship 502. It was part of a lot marked "3 red dishes with lids".

Nouveau Floral, 1968, with original woodgrain plastic underplate. If you can't read the sticker on the previous photo, it said $3.00. But everything was 50% off, so...

Found ITW at an estate sale liquidation warehouse.

Butterfly Gold Cinderella round casseroles, 1972-1979. Another no-hurry-to-complete set. The "Compatibles" patterns are out there in great numbers, so it's easier to just let them find you.

Bake 'N' Carry 475 Cinderella round casserole, ivory with "sprig" pattern quilted cozy. Part of the 1980-1983 "Hospitality Collection", which also included a 474 version in rust and the Stack 'n' Snack chip & dip set.

It all starts innocently enough. You find one piece from a pattern collection, and then you have to have... The Rest. In this case, fortunately, "the rest" is not so many pieces. Pink Gooseberry (1957-1966) was limited to the 440 Cinderella nesting bowl set, the 470 series Cinderella round casseroles, and a refrigerator set. How much it will end up costing, however, remains to be seen.