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Object NamePyrex Bean Pot and Cover
Designer
Dr. William Churchill
Manufacturer
Corning Glass Works, Main Plant, "A" Factory
Made FromNon-lead Borosilicate Glass
Date1918-1938
Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning
TechniqueMold-pressed
SizeOverall H: 16.2 cm; Diam: 15.5 cm; L: 18
Accession Number98.4.313
Credit LineGift of Corning Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
America's Favorite Dish: Celebrating a Century of Pyrex
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPyrex Covered Bean Pot. Colorless with golden tinge non-lead glass, borosilicate; mold-pressed; a) cylindrical shaped dish; top of rim machine finished; rim is a raised band of glass; two handles, one at each end of the dish and angled up, handle ends rounded with squared off shoulders, sides taper out to rim; body of dish slightly tapered in to base; base circular and flat with PYREX® backstamp including item number "504" molded into center; b) circular shaped cover; handle in center of cover, top of handle has round knob with raised bump in center, knob on pedestal that flares out to base of handle, base flares out and blends into top of cover; top of cover slightly domed, "PYREX®" molded into top at one end of cover, "621-C/A-R" molded into top at other end of cover; rim flat, inner edge of rim underside raised to form ridge.Provenance
Former Collection
Corning Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management
