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Lucky in Love

Object Name1 Quart Pyrex Casserole Prototype

Manufacturer Corning Glass Works, Charleroi

Made FromNon-lead Opalware Glass

Date1959

Place MadeUnited States, PA, Charleroi

TechniqueMold-pressed, tempered, screen printed

SizeOverall H: 8.3 cm; Diam: 15.9 cm; L: 19.1 cm

Accession Number98.4.215

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

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

America's Favorite Dish: Celebrating a Century of Pyrex

Not On View

Physical Description1 Quart Pyrex Casserole Prototype in "Lucky in Love" Pattern. Translucent white non-lead, opalware glass; green enamel; mold-pressed, tempered, screen printed; cylindrical shape; machine finished rim; two handles opposite each other, handle ends are squared off and sides flare out to rim, top of both handles pressed in and tapered down; body slightly tapered in, green pattern printed onto each half of body exterior, design breaks under handles, pattern is of stylized grass with two four leaf clovers in middle; manufacturing label with red border adhered to bottom of casserole interior, label reads: "LIMIT No. Corning Glass Works/ITEM 473 Charleroi Plant/GLASS Date 9-2-59/195 By TD/PASSABLE LIMIT FOR/(GREEN) #25-582/DESIRED COLOR/(LUCKY IN LOVE) ," above label's top right corner "QC" is written onto casserole bottom in black grease pencil; casserole has ring foot; flat circular base with PYREX® backstamp molded into it.
Provenance

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