percolator

Object NamePercolator

Maker Corning Glass Works, Muskogee

Made FromNon-lead glass; metal; plastic; aluminum

Dateabout 1965

Place MadeUnited States, OK, Muskogee

TechniqueMold-blown by machine, screen printed

SizeOverall (a-b) H: 20.3 cm, Diam: 13.3 cm, L: 18.1 cm; (c-e) H: 17.2 cm, Diam: 8.9 cm

Accession Number98.4.402

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

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; gold decoration; yellow metal plate; black plastic; aluminum; mold-blown by machine, screen printed; a) cylindrical shaped carafe; machine finished rim with pinched lip; body tapers in then out to bottom, bottom rounded in to base; shallow channel around circumference of body near top; metal collar around channel; handle opposite pinched lip, angled upside down "L" shape, attached to metal collar by screw; 2 measuring marks in shape of coffee cups printed on side of body near handle, upper reads "6," lower one "4;" golden scroll design printed around circumference of body near bottom, design break below handle; "CORNING/HEAT PROOF GLASS" printed above scroll to right of handle; flat circular base; b) circular cover; round knob with raised metal top, knob on cylindrical stem; cover domed, rim turned up and angled out; cylindrical insert on underside of cover; rectangular notch taken out of one side of cover and insert; c) cylindrical pump; vertical tube tapered out from top to bottom; 3 thin raised lines around circumference of top of tube; bottom of tube flared out in to domed base; d) cylindrical filter basket; rim band around top of basket; basket straight sided, 2 thin raised lines around circumference of basket middle; "6" above top line, "4" above bottom line; base lightly concave with hole in center, perforated with triangles, 6 spokes from edge of base to hole in center, hole has raised sides; e) circular filter basket cover; top is group of concentric bands with open space in between, bands connected by 6 spokes, "TOP" molded into top of 3 spokes, hole in center of cover; cover straight sided with raised ring around circumference halfway down from top, 4 raised oblong shapes on sides of cover below ring; hole in center of cover has raised sides on underside; f) flat bent wire grid, ends disconnected; rough triangle shape.
Provenance

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