My mother had one - she used it to keep coffee warm with sterno. Mom has been gone for 32 years and it still sits in the china closet. I hope to own it one of these days - later than sooner.

Thanks motherof3sons, I thought it might be used for coffee or tea at first but I thought that would require a spout. Is your mother's exactly the same as the one I have? How old is it...do you know?

Mo3s, after your response I was able to google retro coffee pots and found the same item available from several sellers on Etsy. One seller lists it as a wine carafe ( sans the burner, I would hope !) Another said it was vintage 40's 50's or 60's....not alot of useful information there.

Thanks again for helping me solve what shouldn't have been such a mystery. That's what happens when you skip past the obvious.

Mulled wine? From Wikipedia

"Mulled wine, variations of which are popular in Europe, is wine, usually red, combined with spices and typically served warm. It is a traditional drink during winter, especially around Christmas and Halloween."

All I know is that characters in fantasy stories with a medieval-ish setting drink mulled wine all the time. Those with magic heat it up with a little warming mojo.

Mulled wine? That could work. Sounds like I should give it a whirl. I have always preferred my wine at room temperature but anything with wine in it is a winner IMHO. Maybe New Years Eve would be a good time to break the "thingamajig" in! Thanks, Suzanne. I'm off to google mulled wine recipes!

Maybe spouts weren't invented yet in the 60's...

LOL, i just crack myself up

I think it's for coffee to be kept warm at a buffet too. I can see it now sitting on the table with all the fondue pots, ladies in long floral party dresses, big hair with lots of Aquanet just waiting to go up in flames from all the smoking.

Bee.....you crack me up too. Aquanet was a staple at our house.... I had three older sisters!Nothing went up in flames, fortunately, but I do wonder about the long term effects of second hand hairspray.

Bee....you are so funny....I remember those parties... ..in so cal those long floral dresses were called mu mus! And yes, mom had a coffee carafe similar to,this....

I, too, remember them!
and Bee, I think I'm the funniest thing that walked the earth at times! I laugh lots -- and sometimes alone. [LOL]

Remember Dippity Do?

Dippity Do?....oh yes! Dippity Do was what you used to shape you hair before you "baked" it with your bonnet hair dryer and then fogged it with Aqua Net.

My mother had one of those and it was used for coffee- so I guess you can pour without a spout. As far as dippity do, aqua net and mu- mus go those are all familiar words to me (although I haven't thought of them in a long, long, long time). I am glad to learn though that some of you GWers are as old as I am.

And let us not forget the Pssst! I remember my older sister telling a neighbor she had to Psst her hai;r and well, you can imagine what the neighbor thought she heard.

joanie, they are mu-mus here on the East Coast too, but my early onset Alzheimers must be kicking in....probably from the Aquanet fog exposure in my childhood.

And yes, Dippity Doo....weren't those the good old days?

If only Photobucket was allowing me to upload pictures I have found a couple of doozies---those wild and crazy 60's fondue parties, the Supremes blasting on the Hi-Fi, the mu-mus.....good times.

I need to go make myself a hi-ball

Mohair sweaters, Spoolies, Toni home perms (Tonette if you were 10), Frankie, Annette, and Gidget, the Breck girl, mood rings, hip huggers, go-go boots........

Girdles, garter belts, sanitary napkin belts.....

aquanet, dippity-do, mohair, girdles etc - all on one thread?

thought I'd died and resurfaced in the 50's - 60's!

such memories... and I've been sitting here watching/listening to Neil Sedaka promoing Timelife's Teen Years CDs - Dion, Paul Anka, Everly Brothers, The Crests, Connie Stevens, Dick & Deedee, Paul and Paula etc. Watched it twice thru. Love it...

I can't decide if you are making me feel very old or very young again......but you've made me laugh a time or two. I guess my carafe isn't the only thing that's vintage on this thread! Oh yeah, did I mention that I remember all of these things from being around my OLDER sisters. LOL.

Hair spray actually used to be dangerous. The propellant used was vinyl chloride.

It was hardest on barbers and hairdressers since they were around it all the time. The danger was a significantly increased risk of liver cancer. I think the show I watched was called the Chemical Revolution.

There was also something in maybe the hair dye?? that caused a surprisingly high rate of bladder cancer in hairdressers. (Obviously this is not a commonly occurring cancer.)

Here is a link that might be useful: PBS link about Hair Spray Propellant

Gee, no wonder your hair smelled terrific.

While I was shopping for stocking stuffers last week in BB&B, there was a sample size can of Pssst (and it wasn't from the 60's) I really didn't think that stuff existed anymore . . . who knew? :-)

Love your granite counters. Can you tell me the name of your granite. Can we see more of your kitchen ... please.

Lynn, thanks for asking. Actually, the granite is New Venetian Gold....sort of. It was actually a mistake but it worked out OK. It's kind of a long story but maybe others can learn from it. I'll post the granite story and my kitchen pics on another thread for you. I hate to hijack this hair spray thread with a kitchen topic. LOL

photobucket is back...so here you go

OMG, Bee you captured it all in one picture....fondue, big stiff hair,the rec room parties where the pool table doubled as the buffet. You even managed to slip a lava lamp in there! This is great! The only thing out of place is the man in the picture. His hair is too short and he's not wearing enough polyester. Flammable was in in the 60's.

ahh yes, but he's got on a white belt, possible puffy white shirt and a hi-ball. Maybe he's the Dad...lol