percolator

Object NamePyrex Flameware 6-piece Percolator

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

Made FromNon-lead Glass; Stainless Steel; Aluminum; Aluminosilicate; Borosilicate

Date1952-1979

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueMold-blown, by machine; Sandblasted

SizeH: 20 cm; L: 23.8 cm

Accession Number98.4.166

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

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless with blue tint non-lead glass, stainless steel, aluminum, aluminosilicate, borosilicate; mold blown by machine, sandblasted, pressed; a) cylindrical shape; machine finished top rim with pinched and curled lip; rim rounded in from body; body has a channel around its circumference just over one third of the way down from the rim to the base; metal band in channel, "STAINLESS," "7759," and PYREX PYREX FLAMEWARE trademark stamped into band; detachable handle attached to body by metal band and screw; PYREX trademark and "7759-H/A-25" pressed into handle; measuring lines for 6 and 9 cups sandblasted onto side of body; base of pot flat, PYREX FLAMEWARE trademark including item number "7759B" pressed into base; b) round knob, adhesive from price sticker on top of knob; rim of greater diameter than cylindrical insert; "7759C," "C-24," and PYREX trademark pressed into insert, insert has two semicircular tabs, one opposite the other; c) thin cylindrical tube with wide base; machine finished top rim; stem body bulbous near its middle; domed base with machine finished rim; PYREX trademark pressed into base; d) cylindrical shape; body has machine finished rims; body tapers in at top and bottom to form two identical necks; e) metal dish circular in shape; a hollow tube is attached perpendicularly to hole in center of dish base, top rim of tube flat; dish shallow; rim of dish has four upright tabs, top ends are bent out; dish base rippled and perforated with tiny holes; f) shallow dish; rim of greater diameter than insert; rippled base with perforations and hole in center.

Provenance

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