We live in an 85 year old house with very little storage space....as in no big closets, no pantry, and very little cabinet space. So the last thing I need is another set of dishes. But that is exactly what I bought a few weeks ago. I just couldn't resist.
I stopped by an estate sale with two friends after we finished our morning walk. These dishes just screamed at me. Of course I had neither money nor checkbook with me and I seriously told myself that I just couldn't find a place to put them. I went home. And I kept thinking about them.
Around noon I went back...checkbook in hand. I had decided that they couldn't possibly still be there...the price was too good. And I was going to be okay with that. But they were still there...and I bought them...along with a book of short stories, a travel guide to Costa Rica, and Bill Clinton & family paper dolls.
They rode around in the back of my car for a few weeks. I finally unpacked them and I have found a place to put most of them...well, maybe half of them. I originally thought they were carnival glass...but after researching, I find that they are actually yelllow irridescent depression glass. They were made by Federal Glass Co. between 1933 and 1939. The pattern is called Normandie.
So now I have 78 pieces....and couldn't be happier about it.
Gorgeous dishes! Good for you for going back and purchasing these beauties. Since you kept thinking about them and they were still there...they were meant to be yours!
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