percolator

Object NamePyrex Flameware 6-Cup Percolator

Designer Paul V. Gardner

Factory Corning Glass Works, Corning

Made FromNon-lead Glass, Wood, Steel

Date1942-1945

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueTooled, assembled, mold-blown, mold-pressed

SizeOverall H: 21.9 cm, W: 20.3 cm, Diam: 14.3 cm

Accession Number2000.4.47

Credit LineGift of Dorothy Herzog

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

America's Favorite Dish: Celebrating a Century of Pyrex

Not On View

Physical DescriptionPyrex Flameware 6-Cup Percolator. a) barrel shape greenish body with tooled pouring lip, wooden collar and handle attached below neck with metal nut and bolt, mold-blown, tooled, assembled. b) Colorless pressed circular lid stamped "PYREX" and "MADE IN THE USA", mold-pressed. c) Percolator tube, vertical tube with circular domed base marked "PYREX" and "8106", mold-blown. d) Percolator basket has cylindrical top section of colorless glass with opaque white disk strainer covering bottom and hollow tube through center, mold-blown.
Provenance

Source Dorothy Herzog - 2000-07-06