How much is a Pyrex Butterprint bowl worth?

Amish Butterprint is the white-on-blue farm scene Pyrex printed on opal-glass mixing bowls and casseroles from the late 1950s into the 1960s. The drawing shows an Amish couple, wheat, and a horse-drawn rake. Sellers say Butterprint and Amish for the same print. The glass is opaque white Pyrex. The blue sits on the outside as a print. It is not a color melted into the glass, and it is not clear flameware.

A nested set is a different object from one bowl, and a casserole with its lid is a different object from the bowl alone. Chips at the rim, a faded print, and a dull dishwasher surface are visible in the aisle. The mold number on the bottom names the size. This page will not quote a current price. Name the piece, then compare completed sales of that size and pattern, not a pile of asking prices for “vintage Pyrex.”

What to look for

The print

White figures on a blue ground, or the less common blue on white. The scene should repeat cleanly. A ghost of the farmer is a faded piece, not a rare colorway.

The number

The molded number on the bottom is the size: 401, 402, 403 and 404 are the familiar nesting mixing bowls. Casserole numbers are a different series. Read the number. Do not guess from how big it feels in your hands.

The lid

A clear glass lid with the blue print, or a solid colored lid, belongs to casseroles. A lid that rattles, rocks, or is a different pattern is not the original mate. Missing lids are the usual state.

The rim and foot

Run a finger around the rim and look through the edge at the light. A chip, a crack from the rim, or a flake at the foot is damage. A molded seam is not.

What moves the price

Set versus one

Four nesting bowls that actually nest, in one pattern, are the collection. One 403 is the common thrift find. Do not price a single bowl as if the other three were in the cabinet at home.

Colorway

White on blue is the pattern people mean. Blue on white, and promo or less common ground colors, need their own comps. A name on a sticker is not a colorway.

Print wear

The print is paint. Dishwashers and scouring pads take it off the high spots. A sharp print on an otherwise dull bowl is the thing buyers pay for. A bowl you can barely read is a bowl.

Damage

A chip on the rim is a used bowl with a flaw you must disclose. A crack is a different, and usually unwanted, object. “For decoration” is not a way to skip the chip in the listing.

Where to sell

eBay

The place where size and pattern get compared. Search the mold number plus Butterprint, and read sold listings, not the asking titles. Shipping a nested set costs more than shipping one bowl. Put that in the price or the buyer pays it.

Local pickup

Facebook Marketplace and a Sunday flea table make sense when the set is heavy or you do not want to pack glass. Local buyers still want the same chips disclosed. They can see them.

What to skip

A general antique mall booth will sit on one common bowl for a long time. If the print is tired and the lid is gone, the thrift sticker may already be the market.

What a photo can settle

Photograph the pattern straight on, then the bottom so the mold number is readable, then the rim against the light. A lid gets its own frame, including the underside. Worth can name Butterprint from a clear pattern shot. It cannot see a chip on the far rim, a hairline at the handle, or what the last 403 actually sold for.

Questions

Is Butterprint the same as Amish Pyrex?

Yes. Amish Butterprint is the pattern’s name. Butterprint, Amish, and “the farmer bowl” in a thrift aisle are the same print. The size and the ground color are what you still have to read.

Does a Pyrex bowl without a lid still sell?

Mixing bowls were not sold with lids. Casseroles were. A lidless casserole is incomplete. A lidless mixing bowl is normal. Know which one you are holding before you call it incomplete.

Can I put a chipped Butterprint bowl in the dishwasher?

You can, and it will not help the print or the chip. Collectors who pay for the pattern wash by hand. A piece you bought to use can go in the washer. Say so if the print is already dull.