bottle

Object Name2 Pyrex Nursing Bottles in Original Packaging

Manufacturer Corning Glass Works, Corning

Made Fromglass, celophane, cardboard

Date1935

Place MadeUnited States

Size(A) H: 8.9 cm, Diam: 6.6 cm; (B) H: 8.9 cm, Diam: 6.7 cm

Accession Number97.4.224

Credit LineGift of Susanne K. Frantz

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionCylindrical bottle in original paper containers; only the base of the bottle is visible through the cellophane. A Cylinder of blue corrugated cardboard with top; around it a wide band of silver paper with "4OZ>WIDE MOUTH/PYREX/T.M.Reg. U.S. Pat. Off./ NURSING/BOTTLE/PYREX HOUSEWARES DIVISION" on both sides with "CORNING GLASS WORKS CORNING NEW YORK" in a continuous band below. In between inscriptions is "boil me/chill me/see if I care" and drawings of two bottles. On the cellophane is "DISTRIBUTED IN U.S.A./by OWENS-ILLINOIS GLASS COMPANY/TOLEDO, O." (B) Identical but cardboard is pink.

Provenance

Source Susanne K. Frantz