teapot

Object NamePyrex Flameware Teapot and Lid

Manufacturer Corning Glass Works, Main Plant, "B" Factory

Made FromNon-lead Glass; Aluminosilicate; Stainless Steel

Date1953-1979

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueMold-blown, by machine

SizeH: 12.5 cm; L: 22.4 cm

Accession Number98.4.164

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

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless with a blue tint non-lead glass, aluminosilicate, stainless steel; mold blown by machine; pressed; (a) spherical shape; machine finished top rim with pinched and curled lip; body has a channel around its circumference at its widest point; metal band in channel, band stamped with "BOIL DRY OR USE ON ELECTRIC RANGE/WITHOUT GRID WILL CAUSE BREAKAGE," "STAINLESS," PYREX trademark, and item number "8336;" detachable handle attached to body by metal band and screws, "8336-H/A-36" and PYREX trademark pressed into handle; flat base with PYREX FLAMEWARE trademark including item number "8446B" and inscription "LAST PRODUCTION/ 4BTK 5-22-79;" (b) round knob; rim of greater diameter than cylindrical body; PYREX trademark and item number "7756-C 0-9" pressed into insert; insert has two semicircular extensions, one opposite the other.

Provenance

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