Primary Color

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

Factory Corning Inc.

Manufacturer Corning Glass Works, Charleroi

Made FromNon-lead Opalware Glass, Borosilicate Glass

Date1947-1960

Place MadeUnited States, PA, Charleroi

Techniquemachine-made, pressed, tempered, enameled

SizeOverall (a) H: 6.8 cm, W: 10.7 cm, L: 17 cm; (b) H: 2 cm, W: 10.8 cm, L: 17.2 cm

Accession Number2006.4.210

Credit LineGift of Brent and Susan Wedding in memory of Burnett C. and Lee Viger

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical Description1-1/2 Pint Pyrex Refrigerator Dish in "Primary Color" Pattern with Cover. Translucent white non-lead opalware glass; colorless borosilicate; red enamel; pressed, tempered, enameled; (a) rectangular shaped dish; machine finished rim; sides taper in to bottom; bottom rounds in to base; dish exterior red, interior and base white; rectangular shaped ring foot, Pyrex ® trademark molded into center (b) rectangular cover, flat top and ribbed underside, edges of lid raised; sides of lid taper out and down to flat pressed out rim; molded in low relief on top surface of cover “502-C” and “40”.
Provenance

Former Collection Susan Wedding

Former Collection Brent Wedding