Good day at the GoodWill

[hollidais]

I was checking out a new goodwill I saw on this site today.  I actually found something good.  I found a Salem Biscayne chop plate for 2.00.
I was so excited I snapped it right up.  It was in perfect shape and did not look like it had ever been used.

It was a happy day thrifting.

Hollidais

[Krisathome]

hollidais, sounds like you were pretty happy with your find!  Not sure I know what kind of plate it it is though.  I like dishes but I still have alot to learn. 

[hollidais]

It is a plate a little larger than dinner plate size with two handles.  A serving dish of sorts.  I am just learning about dishes and I took a chance on it just because I liked it and recognized the mark on the back.  Then I came home and did the research. 

[loveit]

On Saturday, I bought a gold vinyl Georges Briard ice bucket (I sound like Ebay). It is really cool. The price was something like %5.45 so I was kind of grumbling to myself on the way to pay for it because I want things like that to be really cheap. I had a pleasant surprise at the cash register. The Y marked on the bottom meant it was 1/2 off. I was elated (it doesn't take much to make me happy). I didn't know what that Y meant, but now I do!

It tickles me to find Georges Briard stuff because that brand was sold at Neiman Marcus and other high-end stores, and I'm sure it cost a lot when it was new. I also just love the designs of Georges Briard - so funky.

One other find - Six Georges Briard yellow and white tumblers, $3.00 for each set of 3. I'll bet a caddy was sold with them, but I only found the glasses.

[Krisathome]

loveit, I have a couple of glass G Briard square trays/plates.  I think they are beautiful! 

[Femme1]

I found a Salem Biscayne chop plate for 2.00.

That's a good price!

Salem Biscayne dinnerware is what I use for my everyday dishes. I probably have 150 pieces of it, all found in thrifts in the Midwest. I love these dishes and they are VERY 50s. Various pieces of glassware and baking dishes were also made to go along with it. They must have been extremely popular because I find so much of it. My dishes were featured on one of my favorite blogs, RetroRenovation.com : http://retrorenovation.com/2007/12/18/50s-and-60s-everyday-dinnerware-blue-heaven-for-mesalem-biscayne-and-more-for-femme-1/ .

[hollidais]

Thanks for the link Femme1.  I have not yet seen another piece of the Salem Biscayne at any of the shops I go too.  I am glad to know that there is more of it out there.  Hopefully I will get lucky and find a box full of it.

[valleythriftshopper]

I found a Salem Biscayne chop plate for 2.00.

That's a good price!

Salem Biscayne dinnerware is what I use for my everyday dishes. I probably have 150 pieces of it, all found in thrifts in the Midwest. I love these dishes and they are VERY 50s. Various pieces of glassware and baking dishes were also made to go along with it. They must have been extremely popular because I find so much of it. My dishes were featured on one of my favorite blogs, RetroRenovation.com : http://retrorenovation.com/2007/12/18/50s-and-60s-everyday-dinnerware-blue-heaven-for-mesalem-biscayne-and-more-for-femme-1/ .

Love your dishes on the other site.  You have done a good job mixing & matching those patterns- not an easy feat!  Its hard to stick to one genre sometimes but you table settings must look fabulous!

[dukek9]

Thanks to bringing that very interesting blog to my attention. Not that I need yet another blog to read . . . but hey, just one more blog can't hurt, can it? 

Dee

[Femme1]

Thanks for the compliment, Valley Thrift! Actually, I mix and match my dishes a little bit, but they don't all really go together. And I don't have a complete set of anything, except the Biscayne. I want to finish the Eva Zeisel Fantasy pattern, but there are fairly pricey on eBay. It's almost impossible to find here in southern Indiana in thrift shops, though. I pick up anything really cool and 50s though, and somehow work it in to my serving pieces.

Also, I'm glad you like the RetroRenovation blog, Duke. It's about the first thing I look at everyday when I get on my computer. I live in a late 50s ranch, and it's fun seeing Pam's ideas and talking about 50s and 60s design. The blog has helped me appreciate some of the cool things about my house that I originally thought about ripping out and "modernizing." Now I'm so glad I didn't get rid of my old inlaid vinyl floor in the foyer, or rip out the little kneewall in my dining room.