coffee maker

Object Name3-part Coffee Maker

Maker Cory Corporation

Made FromNon-lead Glass; Stainless Steel; Plastic; Rubber

Dateabout 1975

Place MadeUnited States

TechniqueMold-blown by Machine; Screen Printed; Pressed

SizeH: 26.4 cm; Diam: 15.6 cm; L: 19.9 cm

Accession Number98.4.428

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; stainless steel; white print; black plastic; black rubber; mold-blown by machine, screen printed, pressed; a) bulbous lower bowl; flared rim, machine finished with slight pinched lip; short cylindrical neck with metal band around it; handle opposite lip, is angle up then bent down, rounded out and in, attached to neck by metal band and screws, "CORY" molded into left side of handle near top; bowl has rounded shoulder, bottom of shoulder flared out to body, body rounded out then in, "8/6/4" and "CORY/DRL" printed onto side of bowl, a measuring mark in the shape of a coffee cup printed next to each number; flat circular base; b) bulbous upper bowl; machine finished rim; cylindrical neck, "CORY-DRU3" printed onto neck; rounded shoulder; bottom of shoulder flared out to body, body rounded out then in; cylindrical insert at bottom of bowl, ribbed rubber collar around insert, "CORY DRR-9," "195," and "C.G.C.B. CO. CHGO-U.S.A." molded into collar; base of insert flared in to long cylindrical tube/stem in center, stem open at both ends; c) cylindrical filter rod; square top with large raised bump in center, upper half of rod cylindrical, has two raised vertical lines opposite each other, there is a set of five vertically arranged bumps in between the lines on both sides, "CORY FILTER ROD" to left of one set of bumps, "PAT. DES. 114097" to right and "CORY FILTER ROD" to left of other set of bumps; squat spherical knob with rough texture separates upper and lower halves of rod; lower half tapered in to flat base.
Provenance

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