This candy dish isn't an antique as it's not even 50 years old, but I was on the hunt for one just like this and so there you go! This is a glazed ceramic candy dish circa 1972. The reason I wanted one like this is because I remember one from my childhood. As many of you know, I am still obsessed with our family home in Wingate, NC where Aunt Sara lived. I remember, as a child, that she had a candy dish just like this one on her coffee table in her den. I don't remember whatever happened to that one, but it was always a treat to get to take the lid off and get a piece of candy out. Of course, in retrospect, that candy had probably been there awhile. Still, it was candy and as a child that's all that mattered.
So, I began searching online for one. I didn't know exactly how to go about it because I didn't know the maker, if there was one specifically for this to have been labeled by. I knew it was ceramic and a drip glaze, so that was helpful. I finally found one on Ebay that was a beautiful shade of red with the drip glaze. And, of course, it had a crack in the lid so on to the next one. One day this one popped up in my searches and I saved it. I repeatedly went back to it just to look at it. Another reason I was drawn to this particular one is that one the bottom of the dish, it is signed as a gift to Susan Stack. There was a Susan Stack that lived at Heritage Greens until she passed. I don't know if it's the same one, but I like to think so. Makes it extra special.
Well, since I haven't been smoking, I treat myself to something every month with the money I would have spent on cigarettes. This was my November purchase for myself. Can't wait to fill it with candy!
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