I am always on the hunt for cool containers I know will photograph well with food in them. I just spotted this Hobnail Opalescent 4 footed sugar bowl from 1886 recently on ebay ($9.99). It was missing it’s lid, but in perfect condition. I love the color, texture and the fact that it is antique yet very modern. I’m sure you will see it soon in a photograph near you. For now it is a sweet vase in my home. Like the blue hobnail, I am a HUGE fan of white. I picked up this white sugar bowl (again missing the lid) in Herman, Missouri when I was junking with my mom and dad ($2.50). I used it in a beautiful and simple photograph for Paula Deen’s cheese straws on pauladeen.com. Also, in her cousin Johnnie Gabriel’s cookbook, Cooking in the South. Finally, I am in love with globes. I guess because I have traveled so much for work on boats, but I think it is based in my past since I was always dreaming of exotic places to go when I was a little girl in Missouri. I spotted this 1970’s era schoolroom globe at Habersham Antique’s Market in Savannah and love how it looks as a centerpiece on our dining room table.
1886 Hobnail Dark Blue Opalescent Glass sugar bowl from LaBelle Glass Company
It's a vase
Paula Deen Cheese Straws seen on pauladeen.com
Same dish used in the cookbook "Cooking in the South" by Johnnie Gabriel. Grits with Pancetta
Globe Trotter spin with the globe
Globe as a centerpiece
