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Object NamePyrex Flameware Teapot with Lid

Manufacturer Corning Glass Works, Pressware Plant

Made FromNon-lead Glass; Aluminosilicate; Borosilicate; Stainless Steel

Date1943-1946

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueMold-blown, mold-pressed; Stamped

SizeH: 13.3 cm; L: 21.9 cm

Accession Number98.4.156

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

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

America's Favorite Dish: Celebrating a Century of Pyrex

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent blue tint, colorless non-lead glass, aluminosilicate, borosilicate, stainless steel; mold-blown by machine, stamped, pressed; (a) spherical shape; machine finished top rim with pinched and curled lip; body has a channel around its circumference at its widest point; metal band in channel, band stamped with "STAINLESS;" detachable handle attached to body by metal attachment, band, and screw; metal handle attachment stamped with PYREX FLAMEWARE trademark; "26" pressed into glass handle; flat base stamped with green PYREX FLAMEWARE trademark including item number "8126-B," old catalog number "386.82b" inscribed on base; (b) flange knob, rim of greater diameter than cylindrical insert; old catalog number "385.82a" inscribed on underside of rim; "PYREX/MADE IN U.S.A." pressed into underside of lid; "A-G" and "8126.C" pressed into insert; insert has two semicircular extensions, one opposite the other.
Provenance

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