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Object NameTeapot and Lid

Maker Corning Glass Works, Martinsburg

Maker Jerry E. Wright (American, b. 1932)

Made FromNon-lead Glass; Stainless Steel; Plastic; Glass-Ceramic (Pyroceram)

Date1977

Place MadeUnited States, WV, Martinsburg

TechniqueMold-blown by Machine; Screen Printed

SizeH: 13.5 cm; Diam: 15 cm; L: 20.4 cm

Accession Number98.4.410

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; stainless steel, black plastic, blue decoration glass-ceramic (Pyroceram); mold-blown by machine, screen printed; a) bulbous shaped teapot; flared rim, machine finished edge with pinched lip, rim angled so lip at tallest end; short cylindrical neck with metal band around it; handle opposite lip, angled up then bent down with turned in end, attached to neck by metal band and screw; body of pot tapered out to bottom, bottom tapered in to base; blue cornflower design on both sides of pot, small cornflower design and "CORNING WARE/6 Cup/P-104" printed below handle; flat circular base; b) circular lid; round knob, bottom flared in to lid; lid domed, rim bent down, notch in one side of lid; three wire legs attached to edge of lid underside, screw in center of underside.
Provenance

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