coffee maker

Object NameCoffee Maker

Maker Cory Corporation

Made FromNon-lead Glass; Brass Plated Metal; Plastic

Dateabout 1963

Place MadeUnited States, IL, Chicago

TechniqueMold-blown by machine; Screen Printed

SizeOverall H: 14.1 cm, Diam: 15.6 cm, L: 19.3 cm

Accession Number98.4.374

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

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; gold colored decoration; black plastic; brass plated metal; mold-blown by machine, screen printed; globular shaped brewer; machine finished rim with pinched lip, rim tapered in to neck; narrow cylindrical neck with metal band around it; handle opposite pinched lip, attached to neck by metal band and screws, handle angled up, then bent down, rounding out then in; brewer's flip top cover attached to metal piece extending from beginning of handle; cover circular, ribbed between handle and pinched lip, "CORY" molded into ribbed area near handle, raised inner ring on underside of cover, "PART # CLC/MADE IN U.S.A./CORY GLASS COFFEE BREWER CO/ CHICAGO, ILL." molded into underside inside ring; brewer has small rounded shoulder, shoulder flared out to body, body rounded out then in to base, wide gold band with a gold line above and below it around circumference of body, colorless scroll design within wide band, design break below handle, "8/CORY/DRL 3/5/3" printed onto body below handle, images of coffee cups printed next to the 8,5, and 3; flat circular base, "75.209b" written in black ink near edge of base.
Provenance

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