casserole

Object Name1-1/2 Quart Pyrex Casserole with Cover

Pattern Name

Empire Scroll (vines)

Manufacturer Corning Glass Works, Charleroi

Made FromNon-lead Opalware Glass, Enamel

Date1961

Place MadeUnited States, PA, Charleroi

TechniqueMold-pressed, screen-printed

SizeOverall H: 10.2 cm, W: 17.6 cm, L: 26.3 cm

Accession Number98.4.258

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

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

America's Favorite Dish: Celebrating a Century of Pyrex

Not On View

Physical Description1-1/2 Quart Pyrex Casserole in "Empire Scroll (vines)" Pattern with Cover. Translucent white non-lead opalware and colorless glass; gold screen-printed enamel decoration; mold-pressed. Ovoid shaped casserole (a); machine finished rim; rim tapers out to handle at both ends of dish; handles flat with squared off ends; body tapers in from rim to bottom; same gold scroll design screem-printed on each half of body, design breaks under handles; casserole has oval foot and flat base with PYREX backstamp including item number "043" molded into center. Oval shaped colorless glass cover (b); domed with flat top, flat rim; rim tapers out to handle at either end; handles flat with squared off ends, "PYREX" molded into top of one handle, "943C-1" molded into top of other handle; inner edge of rim raised on underside of cover.
Provenance

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