ADDICTED. It's a good thing that I live in a rather secluded area where I can hit up the local antique stores in one day only, because had this obsession progressed the way it has recently when I was still in California, I'd be cruising Craigslist/Goodwills/Antique Stores daily.
I don't think people understand the obsession until you start collecting. How I started collecting was by frequenting the Long Beach Antique Flea Market, or as my family calls it, "the sale." The sale is amazing, it has anything and everything, and even a tranny or two. I think that sale has been going on for years, but I only started going to it about a year before I moved away from California. I miss that sale so much because it was a fun time for my family. We all went together, laughed, made fun of people and the things they were selling and got some good stuff and some great deals. After frequenting the sale multiple times, I kept seeing the same sort of dishes. I was originally attracted to the teal and white dishes, and after a few times of seeing them, I finally made my first purchase. The first dish I ever bought was a divided snowflake blue casserole dish. I made my first purchase and couldn't stop. I started googling, searching, and wanted all the blue Pyrex.
After that initial purchase, the rest of history, as you can see below.
Pyrex Numbers
All Pyrex bowls have numbers on the bottom of them. There will be a three digit number that classifies what it is, then it will also have what size (quarts, pints.) I completely ignore the sizing. I do not pay attention to it, I don't do sizing, it's SO much easier to look at what the three digit numbers are.
So.
Cinderella bowls will ALL start with the first two numbers being 44. The smallest mixing bowl will be classified as 1, then the second smallest one will be classified 2. So - the smallest Cinderella mixing bowl, of any print, will have on the bottom of it 441. This is how I know what I am missing. A full set of Cinderella bowls will be 441, 442, 443, 444.
The regular mixing bowls (with no handles) have the same sort of system, but start with 40, so 401, 402, 403, 404.
How I started figuring out what I was missing was creeping the website: Pyrex Love. I go on this website, find the print I have, and then start checking numbers and making a list of what I have.
In order to help myself when I shop, I'm creating a list of everything I have here, and to also help anyone who wants to start collecting. I don't do math, and for some reason, the numbering system confused me.
Butterfly Gold
1960s - 1970s
What I have:
Cinderella Mixing Bowl 441, 442
Mixing Bowls - 401, 402, 403, 404
Refrigerator Dishes 501, 502, 503
Loaf Dish 913 (this dish isn't supposed to have a lid)
Butter Dish - 72
Coffee Cups - 39
Casserole - 043 (not sure where this one belongs)
Cinderella Bake Serve Store Casserole Dishes - 471, 472, 473
Round Casserole Set - 475 (missing lid)
Margerine Holder - 75
Salt & Pepper Shakers
Correlle Pitcher
What I am Missing:
Cinderella Mixing Bowl 443, 444
Quart Round Casserole 664
8 Inch Baking Dish - 922
Cinderella Oval Casserole Dishes - 943, 945
Cinderella Oval Divided Dish - 963
Oblong Baking Pan - 933
Round Casserole Set - 474, 474, 475 (lid only)
I wrote this post literally three weeks ago, and haven't uploaded it until today, so there have been some additions!
Pyrex Primary Colors
1940s
Complete set!
Mixing Bowls - 401, 402, 403, 404
Refrigerator Dishes - 501, 502, 503
*This set should have the lids that have spacing in the middle. It shouldn't be lined completely.
Butterprint - Teal
1957
Cinderella Bake and Serve Casseroles - 473
Cinderella Mixing Bowls - 441, 442, 443, 444
Mixing Bowl - 403
Refrigerator Dishes - 501, 502, 503
Refrigerator Dishes 502, 503
Round Casseroles - 473 (this number is found in 2 sets)
What I missing:
Cinderella Bake and Serve Store Casserole - 471 (white on turq & reverse), 472 (only white on turq), 473 (white on turq, but was offered both colors)
Turquoise Butter Dish - 32
Mixing Bowls 401, 402, 404
Refrigerator Dish - 501
Round Casseroles - 475
The entire Butterprint collection is:
Cinderella Bowls - 441, 442, 443, 444 (should alternate colors)
Mixing Bowls - 401, 402, 403, 404 (only in white)
Butter Dish - 32
Refrigerator Dishes - 501, 502, 503
Cinderella Bake and Serve Casserole Set - 471 (offered turq on white, and reverse), 472 (only white on turq), 473 (offered turq on white and reverse)
Round Casseroles - 473, 474, 475
Snowflake
1957
Square Flowers
What I have:
Cinderella Round Casseroles 474, 475
Cinderella Oval Casserole Dish 973
Mixing Bowls 401, 402, 403, 404
What I am missing:
Cinderella Round Casseroles 474
Mushroom Print
I'm not collecting these ones, they were actually free with another purchase : )
Pink Daisy
What a horrible picture, I found this pink dish for cheap, and although I don't have anything pink, I do have an obsession with the divided dishes.
And here is the wholeeeeeeeeeee cabinet : )
