Hello again dearies! How has your week been? I am in slow recovery mode from the amazing weekend we had (more on that later in the week), so a little laid-back blogging about my Hope Chest items is just what the doctor ordered. The pieces that I am featuring today are rather unusual, however simple, and they happen to be glassware from the Midcentury era. I present to you my 1950s/60s Snack Sets!
I picked up a lot of four snack set boxes at an auction we went to a few years ago. In fact, I believe it was the same auction at which Jessica got this tea set. Anyways, nobody wanted them so I got a pretty good deal if I remember rightly. But, what is a snack set, you ask? Let me show you!
This is one of the four snack sets that I have, and the only one in the Hazel-Atlas seashell pattern (it’s my favorite though). A snack set simply consists of a plate or small platter and a matching cup. Think of a 1950s party, complete with hors d’oeuvres and punch. You would load up your platter with the carrot sticks and mini hot dogs, fill your glass with punch, set your glass on your tray, and, like a lady, sit down in the nearest chair to enjoy your snack. Convenient, eh? There are four plates and cups in each set. Thankfully all of the sets that I purchased were complete and in their original boxes, with not a crack in sight. Yay!
This is an example of the three other boxed snack sets that I have. I actually have, in total, 12 snack sets in the “vintage” (grapes, not clothing) pattern made by Anchor Hocking, and 4 of the swirl pattern. You can just see in the above photo the small circular rim (surrounding a cluster of grapes on the lower right hand side) where you could securely set the base of your glass on the tray. I dream of having a lovely mid-century style luncheon, complete with sandwiches and all sorts of curious 1950s dishes, and serving it all on these plates. Of course, I could only have sixteen guests… so, with three of us girls, that leaves 13 places to fill. Would you come if you could? 🙂
Do you have any Snack Sets?
Which pattern is your favorite, the Swirl or the Vintage?
Blessings,
Brigid, the Middle Sister and Singer
P.S. A huge thank you to my two wonderful sisters who did this photoshoot for me while I was putting the finishing touches on our sailor dresses. You two are such dears!
P.P.S. You have until tonight to enter the Chronically Vintage giveaway, if you haven’t already; and until Friday at Midnight, E.S.T. to submit your questions on my Q&A post!
How fun! You do need to throw a party so you can use them.
This is so cool! What beautiful glassware, and I must add that I love the packaging! 🙂 It’s awesome that you were able to get the sets in such prime condition.
Uh, yeah, of course I would come!!! 😀
Oh so pretty!!! I think I like the swirl shell one the best:)
-Madison
http://www.1minniemuse.blogspot.com
I’ll come!! I’ll come!!!!! 😉
Those are just lovely! I think the swirl pattern is my favorite, although they are both beautiful.
I can’t wait to see more about last weekend! I saw your Youtube video of “Hold Tight” this morning and LOVED the glimpse of your gorgeous dresses. (Not to mention hearing your beautiful voices blending perfectly!)
You have no idea how strange it was to open up the page and see these, Brigid. Just yesterday my mom was planning for a baby shower at our church, and asked me about a collection of these that our church has that we hardly EVER use! I didn’t even know they were a “thing,” I just thought that they were a strange cup and saucer set! If I recall correctly, we might even have the same grape vine set! SO weird! I should take a closer look at those, maybe they’re worth something! Hmm…
By the way, I have always wanted a hope chest since I knew what they were, but I share a tiny room with my little sister, and thus have never had room for one. Reading your hope chest series (your current one and looking through Jessica’s past one) has rekindled my desire for one. A few weeks ago someone donated three vintage coke glasses to a church fundraiser sale, and I just couldn’t pass them up! So now they wait patiently in the top of my closet in my figurative “hope chest.” Thank you girls for inspiring me to finally start one, and not wait until we move to a perfect home in the country where I can have my own room with a real chest!
Blessings!
~Abby
I think I like the swirl best. I’ve never seen it before. I personally have some “wheat” snack sets. If you haven’t actually eaten off them yet, you should. I appreciated them more after eating off mine.
I was so excited to see these! I actually collect snack sets. I don’t even know how many I have, but they come in so many different shapes and patterns. I have some shaped like apples and sunflowers and leaves, some with wheat patterns and dots and… let’s just say I have a lot. I do use them when I have company over, but I also use them on a regular basis. I have four little kids and I find the smaller size of these is perfect for the smaller appetites of little kids. We often make lunch a little more fun by letting the kids choose out a fun pattern and eating our peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in style. I love beautiful things, but one can’t always wait for a special occasion. Sometimes it is nice to make an ordinary day into a special occasion.
My family owns both of those exact same snack sets! They belonged to my great-grandmother, and she passed them down to my mother. We now use them regularly for holidays; we have enough of the vintage set to serve my entire family, which is large.
I have a vague memory of actually being at an event where these were used. 🙂 It must have been sometime in the ’70s, I’m guessing. I can’t recall now if my mom had some or not.
That’s clever! I’ve been to many an assembly where just such a thing would be needed – just with that place to put one’s glass. 🙂
Oh, gosh, Brigid! How fun! I have a mixed set of snack plates too! If I ever tire of them, I’ll send them to you. I vote the swirled set as my favorite. 🙂
Oh thank you Kathleen! You’re so sweet. 😀
Brigid! I was digging around in one of the kitchens on our mission campus, and I found two vintage snack sets, and one is in the same grape pattern!