teapot

Object NamePyrex Round-shape Teapot with Lid and Tea Tile

Designer Frederick Carder (American, b. United Kingdom, 1863-1963)

Manufacturer Corning Glass Works, Corning

Made FromNon-lead Glass; Borosilicate

Date1926-1935

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueMold-blown, mold-pressed

SizeH: 17.9 cm; Diam: 14.7 cm; L: 26.2 cm

Accession Number98.4.178

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

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

America's Favorite Dish: Celebrating a Century of Pyrex

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, borosilicate; mold blown by hand, joined, acid-etched, pressed; a) spherical shape; ground and polished rim; straight short neck; round body; handle opposite spout; both top and bottom of handle joined, bottom join larger than top join; flat base with PYREX trademark acid-etched onto bottom; b) globular knob; top of lid dome shaped, "PYREX" pressed into lid top; rim of greater diameter than cylindrical insert; c) circular trivit; two flat handles with rounded in ends, "B-A" pressed and old catalog number "1666.85" written in black ink onto one handle, "706" pressed onto other; sides of dish tapered in, number "85-21" written in black ink onto exterior near handle; base flat with three equally spaced feet on bottom, PYREX trademark pressed onto bottom of base.
Provenance

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