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Object NamePyrex Napkin Rings with Original Package
Pattern Name
  • Old Town Blue
Designer Cynthia S. Gerow
Manufacturer Corning Glass Works, Main Plant, "A" Factory
Made FromGlass
Date1972-1982
Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning
TechniqueMachine-made, applied
SizeOverall H: 4.2 cm, W: 16.9 cm, D: 10.7 cm; Overall (a): H: 3.9 cm, Diam: 3.7 cm
Accession Number2010.4.493
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Interpretive Notes
Interesting Facts about Pattern: Old Town Blue is unique in that it was first released as Tabletop Compatibles to the Corelle Dinner Ware line. Pattern Description: Old Town Blue is relatively unique in that it was released first as a Compatible Tabletop set for the Corelle Livingware line. Only one baking dish (473) was ever released, though not advertised in the Pyrex catalogs. The Corelle Livingware collection contains napkin rings, a butter dish, a round margarine dish, a gravy server, teacups, a footed custard bowl, mugs, a cream and sugar, and salt and pepper shakers. While there were no opal Pyrex patterns of this nature other than the one baking dish, when it was released it was advertised as the perfect complement to the Homestead pattern. Old Town Blue was called “A breath of nostalgia in an air of fresh design…Dainty swirls of fanciful flowers of deep indigo blue say Old Town Blue is something nice.” When Corelle was introduced in England and France one of the patterns released was Old Town Blue. The design was officially discontinued in 1982
Physical DescriptionPyrex Napkin Rings in"Old Town Blue" Pattern with Original Package. Colorless glass with applied blue decals; machine made; cardboard. Colorless napkin rings decorated with navy blue Old Town Blue pattern. In original package.
Provenance
Source Dianne Williams - 2010-12-31
Transcendence
Karina Malling
2016
fragment
1400-1085 BCE
inlay
25 BCE-99 CE
Whitefriars Inkwell
Whitefriars Glass Ltd.
about 1850-1860
Corning Glass Works, Fallbrook
about 1944-1946