Balloons

Object Name1-1/2 Pint Pyrex "Cinderella" Bowl

Shape Name

Cinderella

Designer Philip Johnson

Manufacturer Corning Glass Works, Charleroi

Made FromNon-lead Glass, Opalware Glass

Date1958

Place MadeUnited States, PA, Charleroi

TechniquePressed, tempered, screen printed

SizeOverall H: 8.1 cm; Diam: 15.1 cm; L: 18.8 cm

Accession Number98.4.186

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

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical Description1-1/2 Pint Pyrex "Cinderella" Bowl in "Balloons" Pattern. Translucent white, turquoise and white non-lead and opalware glass; pressed, tempered, enameled; hemispherical shape; machine finished rim with two lips, one lip wider than the other, top of both lips pressed in and tapered down; exterior of bowl turquoise, interior white, white printed design on exterior, same motif on each half of bowl, motif includes three hot air balloons, moon, and sun; design breaks underneath lips; body rounded in toward bottom; Charleroi plant label stuck to bottom of bowl interior, bowl has ring foot; flat circular base with "441 1-1/2 PT. / TRADE MARK / 32 / PYREX / MADE IN U.S.A. / OVENWARE" pressed into it.
Provenance

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