handle

Object NamePyrex Handle

Manufacturer Corning Inc.

Made FromNon-lead Glass; White Metal with Gunmetal Finish

Dateabout 1943-1948

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniquePressed

SizeW: 7.3 cm; L: 16.3 cm

Accession Number98.4.304

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

Curatorial Area(s)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; white metal with gunmetal finish; pressed; rectangular shaped detachable handle; "T" shaped metal attachment piece, PYREX® FLAMEWARE logo marked on top; both sides at top of "T" have a wing/ tab, wings bent down and are angled back, ends of wings pointed; metal rod attached to piece by wings, rod bent in way to snap into right side nook at base of "T," end of rod bent into a circle; bottom half of attachment piece has sides that extend down, ends of sides bent in; top of glass handle inserted into bottom of attachment piece and held in place with screws; glass handle flared out just below attachment piece; top and bottom of handle slightly tapered out to base, sides straight, "9" molded into right side of handle near attachment piece; top of handle longer than bottom so base angled.
Provenance

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