teapot

Object NamePyrex Teapot with Lid

Manufacturer Corning Inc.

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Date1936-1940

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueMold-blown, by machine; Acid-etched; Pressed

SizeH: 16.6 cm; Diam: 13.3 cm

Accession Number98.4.252

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

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; mold-blown, by machine; acid-etched; pressed; a) spherical shaped pot; flared rim with machine finished edge; short cylindrical neck; body rounds out then rounds in, widest point halfway between top and bottom; flat circular base, "PYREX®/44-84/66" etched into base near center, old catalog number "75.51d" written in black ink near edge; b) cylindrical shaped cover; knob octagonal, center of cover raised with outer edge flaring down to rim, part of rim raised to form spout; rim of greater diameter than cylindrical insert; insert pressed in underneath spout, semicircular cut out at bottom of pressed in area; bottom of insert has flat rim.
Provenance

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