Pyrex Tea Kettle

Object NamePyrex Flameware Utility Tea Kettle with Lid

Manufacturer Corning Glass Works, Main Plant, "B" Factory

Manufacturer Corning Glass Works, Pressware Plant

Made FromNon-lead Glass; White Metal; Aluminosilicate; Borosilicate

Date1938-about 1947

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueMold-blown, by machine; Pressed

SizeH: 17.4 cm; L: 27.1 cm

Accession Number98.4.172

Credit LineGift of Corning Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management

Curatorial Area(s)

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Physical DescriptionTransparent blue tint, colorless non-lead glass; white metal, aluminosilicate, borosilicate; mold blown by machine, pressed; a) bulbous shape; machine finished top rim with pinched and curled lip; rim rounds out to form neck; metal band around circumference of pot at base of neck; detachable colorless handle attached by metal attachment, band and two screws; PYREX FLAMEWARE trademark stamped into top of metal attachment; neck of pot gradually rounds out to form body; body tapers in at bottom; base flat; b) flange knob; top of lid domed; circular rim of greater diameter than cylindrical insert; old catalog number "75.129d" inscribed in black ink underneath rim; insert has two semicircular tabs, one opposite the other; "PYREX" pressed into the underside of the lid, raised circle of glass in center of lid underside that is the diameter of the flange.
Provenance

Former Collection Corning Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management