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Object Name3-part Pyrex Carafe

Manufacturer R. G. DePuy

Manufacturer Corning Glass Works, Muskogee

Made FromNon-lead Glass; White Metal; Plastic

Date1975-1980

TechniqueMold-blown by machine; Screen Printed

SizeH: 29.3 cm; Diam: 15.1 cm; L: 18.9 cm

Accession Number98.4.408

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

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

United States, OK, Muskogee

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; white metal, black decoration; black plastic; mold-blown by machine, screen printed; a) cylindrical shaped carafe; rim tapered in to neck, machine finished edge with pinched lip, rim angled so lip at tallest end; cylindrical neck with metal band around it; handle opposite lip, upside "L" shape, end turned in, attached to neck by metal band and screw; body of carafe slightly flared out to bottom, bottom tapered in to base, black design around circumference of carafe near bottom, design of vertical lines with three circles at each end, design break under handle, "12/10/8/6/4" and "PYREX®/MADE IN U. S. A. " printed below handle; flat circular base; b) circular cover; round knob with concave top, bottom of knob flared in then out to cover; center of cover flared up to base of knob, area has rough texture, raised ring around circumference of center area, portion of cover between ring and rim smooth, rim turned up; cylindrical insert on underside of cover, insert exterior has three raised bumps; notch taken out of one side of cover and insert; c) circular candle warmer frame; band of plastic with three equally spaced interior trapezoidal extensions, extensions form top of stand, are bent down near center of stand to form sides of candle holder, holder has flat base; stand has three wide trapezoidal legs; "PYREX®/R [in circle]/U. S. A. " molded into base of candle holder, "D1-3/78-W" molded into underside of one of the extensions.
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