Avocado

Object NameSkillet and Cover

Maker Corning Glass Works, Martinsburg

Made FromNon-lead Glass; Glass-Ceramic (Pyroceram); Metal

Dateabout 1968

Place MadeUnited States, WV, Martinsburg

TechniquePressed; Enameled

SizeOverall H: 9.9 cm, Diam: 26.3 cm, L: 30.2 cm

Accession Number98.4.419

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

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionOpaque white non-lead glass; avocado green decoration, glass-ceramic (Pyroceram); metal; pressed, enameled; a) cylindrical skillet; machine finished rim; two handles, are opposite each other, have squared off ends and sides that flare out to rim; sides of dish tapered in to base, dish exterior avocado green, interior white; white flat circular base, Corning Ware® trademark printed onto base; b) circular cover; round knob, bottom of knob flared in then out to cover; cover slightly domed; inside retaining rim on underside of cover; metal plug in center of underside (retained knob to cover); knob avocado green, rest of cover white.
Provenance

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