Our Hopeful Home: Thrill of the Hunt #91

vintage ironstone soup tureen hand-stamped books cathedral arch

Welcome, friends, to another fun-filled Thrill of the Hunt post where I share my latest thrifty (and mostly) vintage finds with you. I'm excited to get started so here goes!

Be Still And Know hand-stamped book bundle mantel decor soup tureen

For all of $1.99 I was able to add to my ironstone collection with this small, vintage, ironstone soup tureen. I've placed it on the mantel here along with my DIY hand-stamped book bundle.

vintage white lidded ironstone soup tureen gravy boat

I already have a similar-sized one, but I've found that many times there can be small details that make them unique.

Oftentimes they have crazing, or a network of fine cracks, which is not unusual depending on their age. This one has some crazing, but you can only notice it up super close, like in this picture.

It wasn't until I got it home that I realized the spoon, or ladle, was not the original The handle on it was just a bit too short and it was not the same pattern as the tureen. But that's okay. It still goes pretty well and many old tureens don't have any spoons with them at all.

It actually says "Japan" on the underside, but it's hard, if not impossible, to see the word in this photo. Overall, though, I'd have to say that $1.99 was the perfect price.

wooden pizza peel fire oven thrift store

I did a true happy dance when I found this wooden "pizza peel" at Goodwill. Silly me, I thought it was just a plain old cutting board. But it has a unique shape so I looked it up. The word peel is derived from the Latin word pala which means spade. It is also very similar to the French word pelle which is used for both shovel and peel.

Here's the back with the $2.99 price tag.

You can see in this photo that the underside of the board, on the right, is beveled, or slanted. The better to assist you in placing your pizza in the oven as well as extract it when it's done!

The pizza peel also has a nice handle with a hole in it. So you can put a cord through the hole and hang it up on the wall to save space! For now that will have to do, but I have a great DIY project using this pizza peel up my sleeve -- just you wait!

I couldn't believe I also stumbled across this vintage aluminum lamb cake mold.

Here is the back side.

two piece aluminum lamb cake mold front and back

It's a two piece mold that makes a stand alone 3-D lamb cake. It was made by a company called Northland Aluminum Products out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. They called it NordicWare.