Carafe and Box

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Object Name: 
Carafe and Box
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, OK, Muskogee
Accession Number: 
98.4.318
Dimensions: 
a) Carafe: H: 23.5 cm; Diam: 10.2 cm; L: 11 cm; b) Box: H: 26.1 cm; W: 11.7 cm; D: 12 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1971-1978
Credit Line: 
Gift of Corning Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; Black, white and lavender paper board; mold-blown by machine; a) cylindrical shaped carafe; polished rim with pinched and curled lip; straight sided body with waist for gripping, waist about 1/3 of the way down from the rim to the base, clear sticker with black Creative Glass logo on it adhered to body above waist to left of lip; flat circular base; b) rectangular box; black exterior, white interior; opening has three flaps, top flap has Creative Glass logo in center, old Corning Glass Center price sticker marked "$5." below logo, part of sticker missing; two box sides opposite each other have photograph of carafe with "Creative/Glass/ by Corning" printed above it and Creative Glass logo at bottom, other two sides plain with "A/PRODUCT/OF/IMAGINATION/ (YOURS/AND OURS) /GLASS/TENDER/ (60 OZ.) /CG-25" printed at bottom; base of box has four overlapping flaps, base perforated along one diagonal, "CORNING/CORNING GLASS WORKS/CORNING NEW YORK" printed on one flap.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Corning Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management, Former Collection
Color: 
Colorless; Black; White; Lavender
Technique: 
mold-blown, by machine