On a recent post I showed you a McCoy pitcher that I bought at a thrift store for $1.91. Although I thought that particular pitcher was ugly, I normally love the look of McCoy. I think it's the the rich colors and the glazing they used on the pieces that attracts me. I love the mixing bowls in particular.
These are some old mixing bowls that I have displayed on top of my kitchen cabinets.
They are 99.9% for looks, because the old ones aren't food safe anymore and the newer ones are well, dusty.
This green one is a McCoy bowl. I bought it for myself for my birthday a few years ago. I found it on eBay and was so excited when the bowl arrived. I washed it immediately and had it sitting on my breakfast bar waiting for it to dry. Out of the corner of my eye I saw my cat looking at it and then quickly stepping into it and trying to curl up and make a bed in it.
This bowl is probably 6" wide, so his butt didn't begin to fit in here. It tipped over, fell on the floor and broke into 5,000 pieces. I cried.
No Otis, I don't know what you were thinking either.
I glued as much of it together as I could, but there is still a hole in the back. That is what started me putting my bowls on the top of my kitchen cabinets. You can hide a lot of problems up there.
These are newer bowls made by Fioriware Pottery, but they have a vintage look to them.
This is also a Fioriware Pottery bowl. Fioriware Pottery is located in Southeastern Ohio which is where many of the more famous pottery makers were located - McCoy, Shawnee, Hull, Watt, Weller and Roseville among others.
These are newer bowls, but unmarked.
These next three bowls are older bowls, but I am unsure of their manufacturer.
I love the designs on these types of bowls.
Oh, and I almost forgot, I have one of these mixing bowls that is a McCoy. I use it a lot, so I don't put it on top of the cabinets.
It's part of a set that would have other different colored banded bowls with it. This is the only one of the set that I have though.
What do you like to collect? Do you use them or just look at them?
Linda Koenig
I am privileged to have seven of the green bowls in my collection. I have loved them dearly for many years. Keep collecting.
Sunday
Argh! I totally sympathize with your broken bowl. My cats did the same thing to the bowl my mother had just given me... it was my grandmother's! l still have it and it is hidden away somewhere. You have inspired me to dig it out and display it.
Anonymous
I love your bowls. I have two old McCoys that are cream with brown stripes and in mint condition, a brown beehive bowl, a cream one from my husband's aunt and a huge old English bowl. So I really enjoyed seeing your bowls and finding someone else that is as enamored by them as I am.
GardenofDaisies
Oh Otis, you naughty naughty boy! Sigh. So glad you didn't banish him forever. 😉 Glue is a wonderful thing!
Your bowl collection is lovely! The blue band on the McCoy pot makes it so pretty! I love all your colors, creams, browns, blues and greens. I can't pick a favorite! Hope you are able to figure out the maker on all of them.
Annie
A couple of years ago I started seeing white mixer bowls (from old stand mixers) in the thrift shops I frequent, so I now have a collection of them. Why? I have no idea! I certainly don't need mixer-less mixer bowls, but I keep looking for different ones.
Anna
That is a wonderful collection, and they are all gorgeous. My pets love to ruin things, too. Good that you have a safe display for them.
Happy Cottage Quilter
What a great collection! I love your bowls. Even the broken one 🙁
Jocelyn
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Betsy
These bowls are wonderful even if you can't use some of them and they look so good the way you have them displayed. Otis looks like he's telling you he's sorry...what a cute kitty!
I have some that I don't use because the just collect dust, but they sure look good.
Ann
I love the old bowls, but I actually use mine as serving dishes. Your green bowl is very pretty.
Ann
Sandra
I love your bowl collection and the neat way you have them display...out of reach! A collection to be cherished.