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Object Name1-1/2 Quart Pyrex Refrigerator Dish with Cover

Pattern Name

Primary Color

Manufacturer Corning Glass Works, Charleroi

Made FromNon-lead Opalware Glass, Borosilicate Glass

Date1947-1960

Place MadeUnited States, PA, Charleroi

TechniquePressed; Tempered; Enameled

SizeH: 8.2 cm; W: 17.3 cm; L: 24 cm

Accession Number98.4.243

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

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical Description1-1/2 Quart Pyrex Refrigerator Dish in "Primary Color" Pattern with Cover. Translucent white non-lead opalware glass; colorless borosilicate; pressed, tempered, enameled; a) rectangular shaped dish; machine finished rim; two handles, one at each short end of dish, handles have squared off ends and sides that taper out to rim; sides of dish taper in to bottom, bottom rounds in to base, exterior of dish yellow, interior and base white; rectangular shaped ring foot; flat rectangular base with PYREX® backstamp including item number "503-B" molded into center; b) rectangular cover; flat top, "PYREX®" and "503-C" molded into top of lid, long sides of top ribbed near edge, edges of lid raised; sides of lid taper out and down to flat pressed out rim; two handles, one at each short end of cover, handle ends squared off and sides taper out to rim, inner edge of rim underside raised.
Provenance

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