Weekend Junk Finds: Fire-King SCORE!

I happened to be driving home from the gym last weekend and noticed a yard sale sign pointing towards a sale in my neighborhood--right across the street from Maren's school, actually. Now, normally I don't make it a point to stop at the sales in my neighborhood because I live deep in the 'burbs. Most sales in my neighborhood are filled with baby gear and inexpensive decor and furniture pieces. I'm not judging; heck, it's the same kind of stuff that's in my own house, which is precisely why I'm not looking to buy any more of it!

Occasionally, I hit a little pocket of vintage in the midst of suburbia and this particular Saturday I got lucky enough to do it again, and in spectacular fashion!

When I hopped out of the car, this was the first thing I saw on the table and I about started to hyperventilate:

Vintage Fire-King. Vintage Turquoise Blue Fire-King. Vintage Turquoise Blue Fire-King SWEDISH MODERN NESTING BOWLS!! They weren't marked--a yard sale technique that normally makes me just walk away without asking or buying--but in this case, I was more than happy to ask a price, especially when the seller said, "Well, the middle bowl is pretty chipped up, so how about a dollar for all three?" At which point I stifled a giddy shriek and tried to play it cool as I pulled a dollar bill out of my wallet.

According to my glassware identification book, Anchor Hocking made Fire-King Turquoise Blue dinnerware from 1957 to 1958. There were two types of mixing bowls that went with the dishes--a Splash Proof set (the same shape used in the popular dot and tulip sets) and this unusual teardrop-shaped set, which is also known as Swedish Modern. Originally there were four bowls to this set: 1 pint, 1 quart, 2 quart and 3 quart. I believe I am missing the 1 quart bowl, and the 2 quart is pretty severely chipped on the spout and the back. The other two bowls are in great shape and for that price, I don't even care that it's not perfect!

 

On the same table as the bowls was this cute set of vintage glasses and caddy. Price? Also $1. The glasses have a somewhat random rural theme of images of chickens, trees, brick schoolhouses(?) and windmills. There are four of this set and I'll try to find another set of glasses to fill the other four spots in the caddy. Additionally there are two glasses on which the gold printing is nearly gone. I think maybe I can get rid of it completely with a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, leaving two solid-colored glasses.

 

And the last vintage thing on the table was this vintage pink Glasbake mixing bowl, which the sellers threw in for free. I hesitated to take it because it was covered in gray marks, but I put it in the back of the car anyway. I'm so glad I did because I was able to get all of the gray marks off using a bit of Bon Ami powder on a damp rag and now the bowl looks great! I also used Bon Ami to remove the big gray mark on the pink Lu-Ray platter I showed last week:

I'm so glad that I stopped at that yard sale, which just serves to remind me that there are vintage treasures to be had even in suburbia, I just have to get out there and look! Did you find anything good this weekend?

Today I'm linking up with Sophie's Flea Market Finds and Apron Thrift Girl's Thrift Share Monday!