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Object NamePyrex Platter

Manufacturer Corning Inc.

Made FromNon-lead Borosilicate Glass

Date1947-1949

Place MadeUnited States

TechniquePressed

SizeH: 4 cm; W: 26.1 cm; L: 37.5 cm

Accession Number98.4.351

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

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead borosilicate glass; pressed; oval shape; flat rim, outer edge of rim tapered out from sides so ends are wider, scroll design molded into both ends; platter rounded in to base; six branched "tree" molded into length of bottom of platter, at bottom of tree platter pressed in to form "well;" flat oval base except where "well" bulges out, PYREX® backstamp including item number "815" molded into center of base; four long curved feet, two at either end of base.
Provenance

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