Ironstone at Goodwill

I have admired ironstone that I have seen on other blogs but I do not have any myself.  Tonight I was at Goodwill and I saw this bowl and I thought it was so pretty, but not my color at all.  It was only 1.99 I could see by just glancing at it. So walking around Goodwill I thought--that bowl was really pretty and I am known to buy a random bowl once in awhile. So I thought I would go back and look at it again. Then I noticed a matching platter for $2.99. I really liked the platter.  I looked on the back and saw this...

Well, I am not educated at all about Ironstone but I figured for 4.98 I could get the bowl and platter and that would be a pretty good deal...even though the color isn't my usual.  So I came home and got on the computer and found the platter was selling for around $49.00 and the cereal bowl for $45.00.  So back to Goodwill I went to see if they had any other pieces and I ended up getting all this for $16.00. Pretty good, don't you think?  In my dreams someday I will have an etsy shoppe and maybe even sell at flea markets so I figured someday I'll sell them. For now I'll enjoy them. I certainly couldn't leave them at Goodwill!  I did leave pieces that were cracked and chipped--these are all perfect.

My $16.00 Goodwill purchase

They seem like they are so old--the pieces that were cracked and chipped I guess make me feel like they were really old. But they say they are dishwasher safe so how old could they be?

Wanted to share real quick how happy I am that my helpers and I got the fence painted when we did because this is how it looked today...

Oregon rain is here!