Comments on: Colored Glass from the 1940’s onwards

By: greasemonkey

greasemonkey — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:29:05 +0000

=) we may be generations apart (okay, 1 or 2?), MM, but we have so many things in common. this strikes a particularly melancholy chord in me that i would never have thought someone i’ve never met would be able to pluck. i grew up in my lola’s house in Marikina in the late 70s – early 80s so i totally get the whole living in an adams family-esque setting (at least, on stormy nights with the electricity down). i hope i can have the old house restored in the next couple of years…

By: Mary-Ann

Mary-Ann — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 20:51:59 +0000

MM, sometimes while reading through your posts, i felt you’re the brother we never had. Your memories about kulambo, ghost-stories, spooky ‘tuko’ sounds, swaying langka and tambis trees were so similar with ours. Except our grandma’s house made of cement with pawid roofs. It was a special place! I’ll always remember Bicol… Your story made me laugh! Thanks!

By: Patricia

Patricia — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 03:51:53 +0000

The way you described your lola’s house is a lot like going through my lola’s house in Cebu, complete with the ghekos. As a kid, I didn’t like going to the living room at night by myself because she had a huge collection of masks from all over, one even had something like teeth for a necklace. But she also had a lot of those cyrstals too, like your blue fruit bowl (which went to my mom). I saw similar ones in Greenhills last year and it cost something like P3K.

By: corrrine

corrrine — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 04:43:56 +0000

I agree with Kulasa…more than the price in terms of pesos are the memories that go with these glass and china wares. Frustrated by the quality of baking pan and measuring glass in a Makati department store, I went to Laguna and rummaged through my mother’s cabinets. Lo and behold, I found her yellow and red mixing bowls and aluminum baking pan for upside-down cake. My brother beat me to the glass measuring cup. I marvel that the quality has not changed through the years. Simple stuff but they sure are treasures to me! My mom and I used them since I was 10 years old!

By: mita

mita — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:42:53 +0000

Carnival glass..my grandmother seemed to have a preference for the pink ones…but she had the blue, the colorless and green ones too…or maybe that was from the other lola.

Speaking of inherited china…my mother was showing off her china to my very young nieces years ago and said it would go to them when she passed. After a brief silence, the youngest asks, “Lola, when are you going to die?”

By: kulasa

kulasa — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:27:44 +0000

Cleaning house may be such an ordeal but the treasures and memories that come along with each piece you see are priceless.

I have most of the stuff from my lola since my siblings thought I should have them. Most of the glasswares are shades of blue, green, or just clear. My aunts say some are from the 30’s and 40’s pa. Half are still in boxes but this post made me think that it’s time to start bringing them out and using them. Thanks MM.

By: millet

millet — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:28:48 +0000

i love blue glass, love the blue footed cake/fruit stand. that was made for six ponkans, or a superb leche flan, or a small, tall chiffon cake with white frosting..ganda!

By: lars

lars — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 21:49:05 +0000

My lola have several of those colored glassware too and I have appointed myself guardian. My lola said they were acquired when she was just starting her family, so it was prolly in the 50’s. I use them when my grandparents come over, I’d like my lola to see that her things are still appreciated and taken care of.

By: oggi

oggi — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:30:15 +0000

Japanese samurais, ancient teeth and meteorites! Your Lola sure was fascinating MM.

By: victoria

victoria — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:52:59 +0000

hey, MM….I have exactly one that looks like bowl#3 (blue one)!! We found it when we were tearing down the ancestral house of my mom’s family to build a new one. A lot of other stuff too – plates and bowls my mom tell us she thought were won from those games at the ‘perya’ or makeshift fairs and carnivals that came with the annual city fiestas. Also part of my fascinating collection were ancient ‘kikkoman’ bottles and pomade cans. Nostalgic…