Cornflower

Object NameSkillet and Cover

Maker Corning Glass Works, Martinsburg

Made FromNon-lead Glass; Glass Ceramic (PYROCERAM); Stainless Steel; Plastic; Borosilicate

Date1971

Place MadeUnited States, WV, Martinsburg

TechniquePressed

SizeH: 9 cm; W: 28.2 cm; Diam: 26.3 cm; L: 45.6 cm

Accession Number98.4.357

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

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionOpaque white and colorless non-lead glass; stainless steel; black plastic; blue decoration; glass-ceramic (PYROCERAM), borosilicate; pressed; a) circular shaped skillet; smooth rim; two lips for pouring, one opposite the other; body rounded in to base, body/rim bulged out on one side of body half way between spouts; handle screwed to metal attachment piece over end of bulge, handle slightly angled up and tapered in, hole in end; black Corning Ware backstamp printed onto side of skillet below handle, blue cornflower emblem printed onto side of skillet opposite handle; flat circular bottom; b) circular cover; round knob with concave top, bottom of knob tapered in to cover; cover slightly domed, circular seam on top around knob, "B-4-CC" molded into top near rim, "13" molded into top of opposite side near rim; inside retaining rim on underside on cover.
Provenance

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