I promised myself I wouldn’t start collecting English Pyrex.  I told myself, “You don’t have the room,” “You can’t afford to ship heavy glass across the Atlantic,” “It is disloyal to the American Pyrex I already own.”  Well, none of those arguments worked and I am the proud owner of a Red Hawthorn JAJ Pyrex mixing bowl.  It is approximately the same size as a US 403.  I haven’t been able to find much about this piece online, but I do know that the red version is a more difficult to find color.  

To compliment the Americana Blue Pyrex mixing bowl set, a set of three bakeware dishes in corresponding colors was created.  The bakeware set consists of an 043, 063, and 045.  In the order seen above, each dish matches a bowl in the Americana Blue bowl set (i.e., 043 = 401, 063=402, 045=403). 

These colors just make me happy!  I held off from collecting JAJ for as long as possible primarily due to shipping costs, but I caved when I saw this bowl set.  

According to an advertisement from 1973, these bowls were available in 1, 1.5, 2, & 4 pint sizes.  They were sold individually and in sets - a 1, 1.5, & 2 pint bowl set AND a 1.5, 2, & 4 pint bowl set.  Plastic snap-on lids were available that made storing left-overs in the refrigerator easy.  In addition to being used for mixing and storing food, these bowls could also be used to cook food in the oven.  

This lovely 474 just made the long and perilous journey from Canada to California via UPS.  I won’t lie and say I wasn’t worried the entire time it was in transit, but it was definitely worth the wait.  It is referred to as the 1962 Constellation casserole (promotional) in the Rogove book, but to me it is a Pyrex dream come true!

When I first started collecting vintage Pyrex, I went online and bought every book that I could find on it.  At the time, there wasn’t a lot of information available, but I ran across a book by Susan Rogove.  Five years later, I still periodically pull out Rogove’s book to pore over the books center color pages that showcase a mix of rare, common, and possibly mythical Pyrex dishes.  

One of the pieces pictured in Rogove’s book is the 443 goldenrod Fleur de Lis bowl pictured above (pic 1, bottom bowl).  In the book, it is referred to only as “2 ½ quart bowl (year unknown)”, but I prefer to refer to the bowl by its distinctive Fleur de Lis pattern on a goldenrod colored background.

The Goldenrod 443 is only one of a few colors available in the Fleur de Lis pattern.  In addition to goldenrod, the Fleur de Lis pattern can be found in the 475, 2.5 quart casserole, size in red (second picture), green, and blue (third picture).*  The blue 475 features a Fleur de Lis pattern in silver versus the typical gold pattern found on the red, green, and goldenrod versions.

*It is important to note that there may be additional colors and shapes available that feature the Fleur de Lis design; however, thus far I have only run across those mentioned above.     

Welcome to HotforPyrex.com!  This website has been a long time in the works … LONG time.  I originally had the idea for this site 4 years ago as a way to keep in contact with fellow Pyrex collectors.  Facebook and Flickr made this website a “nice to have,” but over the years I became frustrated with the limitations of those sites and decided this website was a necessity.

My hope is that this site will provide a platform by which I can share the research I have done, as well as pictures of my personal collection.  I primarily collect rare and hard to find Pyrex, but my love for Pyrex extends to all pieces (rare and common) from all over the world (American, Canadian, UK, Australian, and French).

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have questions, comments, or just want to say hi.  Whether you are just starting your Pyrex collection, or have been collecting for years, welcome!