carafe

Object NameCarafe

Manufacturer Corning Glass Works, Muskogee

Manufacturer Silex Company

Made FromNon-lead Glass; Plated Metal; Plastic

Dateabout 1952

Place MadeUnited States, OK, Muskogee

TechniqueMold-blown by machine, screen printed

SizeOverall H: 25.8 cm; Diam: 16.2 cm; L: 17 cm

Accession Number98.4.453

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

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, gold decoration; yellow metal plate, black plastic; mold-blown by machine, screen printed; spherical shape; slightly flared rim, machine finished; long cylindrical neck; metal band around neck, one set of four and one set of three horizontal parallel lines stamped into band around its circumference; handle attached to neck my metal band and screws, handle vertical oblong shape with angled bottom, "S/I/L/E/X" molded into left side; body of carafe spherical, three decorative gold colored bands around body, middle band wider than other two, "SILEX/N/LRG-12/T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF." stamped within a circle onto upper half on body opposite handle; blue price sticker with "The/Salvation Army/.59" on it to right of Silex stamp; "PYREX®/BRAND/GLASSWARE/MADE IN U.S.A./FOR/THE SILEX CO." stamped within a circle on upper half of body below handle; flat circular base.
Provenance

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