Pyrex Battery Jar

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Object Name: 
Pyrex Battery Jar
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
2007.4.224
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 30.6 cm, Diam: 30.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1950-1970
Credit Line: 
Gift of Joy R. Hoffman
Primary Description: 
Almost colorless glass with yellow tint, mold-blown borosilicate glass. Large cylindrical shape with two indented handles.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Hoffman, Joy R., Source
2007-12-21
Color: 
Almost colorless with yellow tint
Technique: 
mold-blown
Inscription: 
T.M. REG U.S. PAT. OFF. / PYREX / MADE IN U.S.A.
stamp
: 
Acid-stamped Near top edge of rim Circular format with dotted line encirling text, "PYREX" in the center and "MADE IN U.S.A" along the outside edge of the dotted line.