Discover important tips for collecting these iconic glass pieces.
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Pyrex Value Patterns Styles & Tips
When I was young I knew something special was happening in our house (a party Thanksgiving celebrations etc.) when my mother pulled out a certain brown oval dish with a swirl pattern. This dish had a matching lid and was filled with all sorts of casseroles and comfort foods in the glass walls. It turned out that the dish was the Raffia pattern also known as Brown Onion which was part of Pyrex's promotional releases in the 70's.
These releases featured limited edition patterns and ran from the 1950s through the early 1970s fittingly timed around Mother’s Day wedding season and the fall and winter holidays. Pyrex bowls casserole dishes and the like went from exclusively bright colors to solid colors as the decades passed. How it ended up in our kitchens I may never know.
Vintage Pyrex patterns from years past are a phenomenon that extends far beyond the mixing bowl. You can order everything from kitchen prints to men’s T-shirts on Amazon and Etsy — there are even multiple books dedicated to the style’s vast evolution. The impact of these iconic pieces lasts longer than the glass they’re made from. Pyrex is here to stay; it enters your home and your heart and it stays there forever. Here’s an essential guide to the best of the best:
