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Old Town Blue
Old Town Blue

Old Town Blue

Object NamePyrex Salt or Pepper Shaker with Lid
Designer Cynthia S. Gerow
Manufacturer Corning Inc.
Made FromNon-lead Glass; Plastic
Date1972-1982
Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning
TechniqueMold-blown, by machine; Screen Printed
SizeH: 11.4 cm; Diam: 5 cm
Accession Number98.4.224
Credit LineGift of Corning Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Interpretive Notes
Interesting Facts about Pattern: Old Town Blue is unique in that it was first released as Tabletop Compatibles to the Corelle Dinner Ware line. Pattern Description: Old Town Blue is relatively unique in that it was released first as a Compatible Tabletop set for the Corelle Livingware line. Only one baking dish (473) was ever released, though not advertised in the Pyrex catalogs. The Corelle Livingware collection contains napkin rings, a butter dish, a round margarine dish, a gravy server, teacups, a footed custard bowl, mugs, a cream and sugar, and salt and pepper shakers. While there were no opal Pyrex patterns of this nature other than the one baking dish, when it was released it was advertised as the perfect complement to the Homestead pattern. Old Town Blue was called “A breath of nostalgia in an air of fresh design…Dainty swirls of fanciful flowers of deep indigo blue say Old Town Blue is something nice.” When Corelle was introduced in England and France one of the patterns released was Old Town Blue. The design was officially discontinued in 1982
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, white enamel, slate blue decoration; slate blue plastic; mold-blown, by machine; screen printed; a) conical shaped bottle; machine finished rim; neck flares up to rim; body tapered out from top to bottom, body white except at very bottom; horizontal design around body near bottom, design is a band of blue flowers and vines; b) conical shaped lid; tall triangular knob in center of lid; lid domed, "PYREX®/MADE IN U.S.A." molded into top, outer edge serrated; underside of lid has deep hole in center, "3" molded into lid's underside near outer edge; three legs attached to underside, legs taper in slightly.








Provenance
Former Collection Corning Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management
prototype
Corning Glass Works, Main Plant, "B" Factory
about 1949
Corning Glass Works, Martinsburg
1977
percolator
Paul V. Gardner
about 1942-1945
Pyrex Tea Kettle
Corning Glass Works, Main Plant, "B" Factory
1938-about 1947
percolator
Paul V. Gardner
about 1942-1949
Crazy Daisy
Sara L. Balbach
1972-1979