bottle

Object NamePyrex Nursing Bottle with Original Box

Manufacturer Corning Glass Works, Main Plant, "A" Factory

Made FromNon-lead Glass; Borosilicate; Cardboard

Date1923-1963

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueMold-blown, by machine

Sizea) Nursing Bottle H: 16.4 cm, Diam: 6 cm

Accession Number98.4.174

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

Curatorial Area(s)

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Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; borosilicate, red, white and blue cardboard; mold blown by machine; a) cylindrical shape; small mouth with machine finished rim; narrow neck that gradually tapers out to top of body; "----8----03---" pressed into neck; body hexagonal; scales for measuring pressed into 3 joining sides under neck marking; "7/6/5/4/3/2/1" pressed into side with middle scale; "-19-" underneath scale to left of middle scale; item number "-58N-" underneath scale to right of middle scale; on other half of body (3 sections) "PY" pressed into middle and "T.M.REG." pressed into bottom of left section; "P/Y/R/E/X" and "U.S. PAT." pressed into middle section; "EX" pressed into middle and "OFF." pressed into bottom of right section; sides of body round in to form base; base flat; "MADE/IN/USA" pressed into and old catalog number "678.82" written in black ink on base; b) hexagonal package with open ends; same height as bottle; one side has 3 drawings of bottles and "BOIL ME/CHILL ME/SEE IF I CARE" printed on it; side opposite it has the same design; printed across two of the other sides is "CORNING GLASS WORKS,CORNING,N.Y./PYREX/BRAND/OVENWARE/CORNING GLASS WORKS CORNING, NY/PYREX/BRAND/PYREX Nursing Bottles can be/sterilized in boiling water-this/means protection for baby's health./8 OZ. NARROW NECK/NURSING/BOTTLE/PRICE/20 (cents) /each;" a purple stamp with the number 10 in a circle is just below "Bottle" and above the price; two remaining adjoining sides identical to two described above, except there is no purple stamp with the number 10 on them.
Provenance

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