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Fire King Mixing Bowls With Tulips

I remember fondly the Fire King Tulip bowls that were in my Mother's kitchen when I was a young girl. She had the set of mixing bowls which consisted of a 6 inch, 7 inch, 8 inch, and 9 inch that nested nicely and saved room on the cabinet shelf.

Of course these are now considered vintage bowls and are highly collectible by many people. The bowls are usually pretty affordable and can be found either one at a time or sometimes you are lucky to find the entire set.

Many a wonderful recipe was mixed up in these bowls in my Mother's kitchen. I wonder what ever happened to Mom's bowls.

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Contents at a Glance

Ivory Tulip Mixing Bowls
Anchor Hocking And Fire King
Example Of The Modern Tulip Pattern Of F...

Fire King Tulip Bowls In the Modern Tuli...
Fire King Bowls
Example Of the Cottage Cheese Tulip Bowl...

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The bowls that my Mother had are known as the Ivory Tulip pattern. The glass was a white almost milk glass called ivory by Anchor Hocking the makers of Fire King glassware.

Anchor Hocking And Fire King

a little history

Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation of Lancaster, Ohio began production of the line known as Fire King in 1942. They stopped producing this line of glassware in 1976 which is why it is such an affordable collectible now. There was just so much produced. You can find dinnerware along with bakeware and mixing bowls, all with the Fire King label.

Often times Fire King products were sold in bags of flour or as a give away at a Gas Station. One could also purchase some of the lines in the local grocery store and even the hardware store.

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Example Of The Modern Tulip Pattern Of Fire King Tulip Bowls

Fire King Tulip Bowls In the Modern Tulip Pattern

Fire King also made a tulip bowl mixing set that was called Modern Tulip. The pattern was red and black on ivory (or white) glass. These are also a desired collectible bowl that it still versatile whether you use it for decoration in your kitchen or you choose to use it to mix your recipes in.

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Should always be washed by hand and not in the dishwasher. The decorated dishes are susceptible to pattern wear and chipping.

Fire King Tulip Bowl (Cottage Cheese Bowl)

Example Of the Cottage Cheese Tulip Bowl By Fire King

Not All Fire King Tulip Bowls Were For Mixing

These wonderful little bowls originally came with cottage cheese in them and then could be used for a cereal bowl, dessert bowl, or berry bowl. They came in a rainbow of colors including red, green, and blue.

Mixing Bowl Of Comments

Thank you for stopping by today to learn about the Fire King Tulip bowls. My favorite is still the Ivory Tulip because it brings back such fond memories of baking in my Mom's kitchen. Do you remember your Mother's mixing bowls? What were they?

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OhMe Feb 11, 2012 @ 7:27 pm | delete

I remember that an aunt of mine had a Tulip bowl and that is what she always mixed her cornbread in. I love these Fire King Tulip Bowls.

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Susan52 Dec 28, 2011 @ 5:01 pm | delete

These are beautiful, and it's fun reading about the history of Fire King tulip bowls. I don't remember if we had any of these or not, but what a great collectible!

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CCGAL Dec 27, 2011 @ 7:09 pm | delete

I remember a lot of really heavy stoneware (I think that's what they were called) mixing bowls, but we had lots of Fire King Coffee Cups and Saucers when I was growing up. One of my aunts had this Fire King Tulip pattern on something, though I can't recall exactly what it was. I do remember the pattern, because I have always thought it lovely. Great lens, this!