Seeing {Vintage} RED

This post is a bit belated... it was to be posted for Valentine's Day, however the weekend slipped away on me... I hope you all had a lovely weekend with your special valentine!

Red is one of my favorite colors... especially for vintage items! Here are a couple lovely red vintage items I've recently come across.

Vintage Anchor Hocking D-handle CHERRY RED stacking mug

VINTAGE Valentine RED Dionite Tote Travel Bag circa 1970

Vintage 1940s Red Kitten Heel Pumps

Vintage A Madison Creation Red Satin Must Have Evening Clutch Kiss Lock Handbag 1960's

Dansk Kobenstyle Vintage Pot in Red

Vintage Scarlet Red Sculptural Pillbox Hat

Have a great week!

Vintage Scarves for Spring and Summer

This spring season do not forget to shop for scarves to wear as accessories to your outfits! There is nothing like a nice bright vintage scarf to add detail and attention to your outfit. Dress up a t-shirt, shirt, blouse or jacket with one.

Check out this article on How to Tie a Scarf if you are stumped on how to wear tie and wear one.

Both Lucky'sVintage and curiouskitty's shops have a variety of scarves and plan to be adding more in the near future.

curiouskitty's Shop

Vintage Blue and Orange Floral Pattern Scarf

Large Vintage Pink Brown and Beige Floral Pattern Neck Scarf

Sheer Cherry Red Vintage Valentine's Scarf Necktie

Sheer Vintage Black and White Mod Floral Pattern Neck Scarf

Lucky's Vintage Shop

Colorful Vintage 1970s Head Scarf Rutschfest

Vintage Mod Colorful Olive Brown and Gold St Germain Head Neck Scarf

1960s Vintage Print Spanish Picture Scarf in Black White and Color

Vintage 1970s Cheerful Spring Head Neck Scarf

Italian Sunburst Vintage Scarf (not pictured above)

I hope that I have given you some ideas for your spring/summer wardrobe. Happy shopping!

My Search To Identify These Salt and Pepper Shakers

Oh my... this week I was driven to learn more again about vintage glassware! This is what started it all. What a trail these salt and peppers took me down.

Here are some of the things that I've learned. I have quoted from some different sites that had great information for me a newbee to the history of this glassware.

The King's Crown Collection Page Glassery
Ruby Glass

is properly used to describe glass which is made of a comparatively expensive gold solution formula, and is red in color all the way through, solid color. True "Cranberry" glass falls into this group, although it usually has applied clear glass parts.

Ruby-Flashed

is the proper term for a less expensive method of making a piece of glass appear to have been made of solid color. A small quantity of ruby glass is blown slightly, cooled a bit and then dipped into a batch of clear, molten glass, and the desired item is then made. This gives the finished article a thin colored coat, a mere film of color in relation to the amount of clear glass used.

Ruby-Stained

is the name for the least expensive way of obtaining red color on a piece of glass, the item is fashioned in the usual way from clear, molten glass, usually pressed in one of several thousand patterns. The staining material, usually ruby-red in color, was painted onto the annealed glass with a brush, wherever it was desired for decorative effect, and fired on for permanency. This enabled one factory to produce the glass items and to sell them to various decorating companies, where different portions of the same pattern could be stained. King's Crown is of this variety.

pre-production: Ruby Stained vs. Flashed Glass

In the mid 19th century, in Europe (Bohemia) glass workers developed a process of flashing a piece of glass so that had a very thin layer of ruby glass on the outside. This was done by quickly putting the initial gather into a pot of ruby glass and coating the outside (flashing it) with a very thin layer of ruby. The piece was then finished to be a vase, pitcher, whatever.

After the piece had been through the lehr, glass engravers would engrave scenes, building, animals through the ruby glass. We’re all familiar with these Bohemian pieces.

In the 1880s a process was developed whereby a coating could be painted and then fired onto the surface of already-finished glass products. Silver nitrate produced a yellow coating, or stain, and gold chloride produced a ruby coating or stain.

In any case, these pieces came to be called Ruby Stained. Naturally there is some confusion between the products. Almost all flashed glass is blown, where ruby stained glass is mostly pressed, although there is some crossover. Flashed ruby glassware is generally a darker ruby than stained wares, but this, too, is open to interpretation. Generally, ruby stained wares will be personalized, and have a date, while flashed wares will have a scene, or a building, without the personalization.

I admit it that I am nowhere near able to identify a lot of pieces, but would say that I have learned a lot.

Here is a page from the 1978 Indiana Glass Catologue featuring the complete serving set that my salt and pepper are part of.

I have concluded that this set is Indiana Glass Ruby Band Diamond Point Salt and Pepper.

Thanks so much to CharmingsCollectables at Vintage Village for the assistance she was able to give me!

I hope that you have learned something new today, as have I.

♥♥♥ Seeing Vintage Red ♥♥♥

I'm seeing all the beautiful red out there for Valentine's Day. Red for myself or someone I love? Well how about both?

Here is a list of some of my favorites.

VeGaN VALENTINE Lipstick ReD TWIGGY HIGH MaRy JaNe in PaRiS SHOE by Vintage Dove

Vintage Valentine Military Themed circa 1940s by LittleGreenSquirrel

Sweepingly Cute Valentine by BeMyVintageValentine

SALE - Glen Loates - signed limited edition print - was 250.00 by theorangepeel

Vintage Flower Cluster Rhinestone Brooch by SunnyDaysGoneBy

Strawberry Fields Forever Vintage Button Sets by elizabethwrenvintage

Stunning vintage burgundy/red felt hat with feathers by ladylydia

The Retro Kitchen

In my research of the retro kitchen I came across a great site, Retro Renovation. I found it extremely interesting and educational in retro decor.

The article, "21 ideas for your 1940s home - kitchens, living rooms, bathrooms and more" is amazing! Here is a quote from it.

Quickly after World War II ended, Americans plowed right into making a wonderful new life for themselves - starting with building their dream kitchens, dream bathrooms - dream houses. Looking at periodicals from 1946, I can see a few distinct trends - this was a transitional period…you still see many Deco influences…you see a lot of primary colors…and definitely, interiors were “sweet”, although in ‘46 homeowners certainly would have declared them “modern.” ......

Tips from the first kitchen image — isn’t the “life through a Pyrex pie plate” awesome?:

• This color combination: Dark cherry red linoleum countertops, primary green linoleum floor, white metal (or wood cabinets) with deco pulls seems to have been very, very common.


• In this image, you also see a light chartreuse green on the wall - this, or yellow, also seem to have been popular secondary colors.


• And flowered fabrics… These kitchens are pure prettiness. Image: Pyrex, of course......Follow the link above to read more.
  

I love all of these picks and I am determined to make my kitchen more Retro. The colors are so cheerful. The following range from the 40's through the 70's.

Here is a list items and the shops to find these items!

Pure Linen Made in Ireland Dunmoy 1950's Tea Towel - in curiouskitty's shop

Mod Flowered Tins - Set Of 4 Matching Canisters - in rabbitohrabbit's shop

Retro Rocket Mixer - in gracenapoleon's shop (I have one of these in white and it is amazing.)

Vintage Amber Brown Syrup Jar With Daisies - in Modish Vintage's shop

Winter Sale Tea Time Winter Sale - in HollyLujah Thrift's shop

4 pc Retro Kitchenalia SALE - in BazarBcuz's shop

Vintage Pyrex Stove Top Complete Coffee Pot Percolator - in Lucky's Vintage shop

Pie Carrier Keeper Tin Vintage Retro Red Rose Garden - in Vintage View's shop

Vintage RARE Never Used Tablecloth 50 X 50 - in Lagelle's shop