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Object NamePyrex Flameware Teapot and Lid

Manufacturer Corning Glass Works, Pressware Plant

Made FromNon-lead Glass; Aluminosilicate; Borosilicate; Stainless Steel

Date1942-1951

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueMold-blown, by machine

SizeH: 12.7 cm; L: 21.9 cm

Accession Number98.4.161

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

Curatorial Area(s)

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Physical DescriptionTransparent blue tint, colorless non-lead glass, aluminosilicate, borosilicate, stainless steel; mold blown by machine, pressed; (a) spherical shape; machine finished top rim with pinched and curled lip; body has a channel around its circumference at its widest point; metal band in channel, band stamped "STAINLESS;" detachable handle attached by metal attachment, band, and three screws; metal handle attachment stamped with PYREX FLAMEWARE trademark; "01" pressed into glass handle; flat base stamped with mostly worn off green PYREX FLAMEWARE trademark including item number "8126-B," old catalog number "386.82b" inscribed on base; (b) flange knob; rim of greater diameter than cylindrical insert; "PYREX" pressed into and old catalog number "389.82a"inscribed on underside of lid; insert has two semicircular extensions, one opposite the other.
Provenance

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