Daisy

Object Name1-1/2 Quart Pyrex Refrigerator Dish with Cover

Designer Cynthia S. Gerow

Manufacturer Corning Glass Works, Charleroi

Made FromNon-lead Opalware Glass, Borosilicate Glass

Date1968-1973

TechniquePressed; Tempered; Enameled

SizeOverall H: 8 cm, W: 17.7 cm, L: 24.7 cm

Accession Number98.4.242

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

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

Pattern Description: “New Daisy PYREX Ware! A Corning Guide to adding a splash of sunshine to your cooking, serving and storing. You get a whole bouquet of Daisies…everything from oval casseroles, bowl sets, refrigerator and storage sets to coordinated pitchers and juicers….Go Daisy picking today.” This 1968 magazine ad for the new Daisy pattern illustrates a trend toward bright and happy colors. Released in 1968 in sunburst colors, the Daisy pattern only appears on the 442 and 444 Cinderella mixing bowls while the remaining bowls and casseroles were solid shades of yellow and orange. Daisy, instead, appears on the clear glass lids of the dishes until 1972 when the clear lids were replaced with opal lids, still with the Daisy design printed on top. While there were no Tabletop Accessories with the Daisy pattern it could be purchased on a wide array of products including the more standard casserole and bowl sets as well as on the three-piece Bakeware set (330-39) and the small 10 oz. or “pixie” casserole (700-39), both released in 1971. A set of juicers could be bought to accompany the Daisy design, but the juicers were printed with slices of oranges and lemons not Daisy, although still in the same vivid shades of yellow and orange. Daisy was discontinued in 1973.

Place Made

United States, PA, Charleroi

Physical Description1-1/2 Quart Pyrex Refrigerator Dish in "Daisy" Pattern with Cover. Translucent white non-lead opalware glass, colorless borosilicate; orange enamel; pressed, tempered, enameled; a) rectangular shaped dish; machine finished rim; two handles, one at each short end of dish, handles have squared off ends and sides that taper out to rim; sides of dish taper in to bottom, bottom rounds in to base, exterior of dish orange, interior and base white; rectangular shaped ring foot; flat rectangular base with PYREX® backstamp including item number "0503" molded into center; b) rectangular cover; flat top, "6/PYREX®" and "503-C" molded into top of lid; sides of cover taper out and down to flat pressed out rim; two handles, one at each short end of cover, handle ends squared off and sides taper out to rim, inner edge of rim underside raised, underside of cover top ribbed.
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