2-1/2 Quart Pyrex Casserole and Cover

Object Name: 
2-1/2 Quart Pyrex Casserole and Cover

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Object Name: 
2-1/2 Quart Pyrex Casserole and Cover
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, Charleroi
Accession Number: 
98.4.330
Dimensions: 
H: 10 cm; W: 23.7 cm; L: 26 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1949
Credit Line: 
Gift of Corning Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management
Primary Description: 
2-1/2 Quart Pyrex "Hostess" Casserole and Cover. Translucent white non-lead opalware glass, yellow enamel; pressed, tempered, enameled; a) hemispherical shape with square top; machine finished rim; corners rounded; sides of bowl taper in to bottom, bottom rounds in to base, bowl interior and base white, exterior yellow; circular foot; flat circular base with PYREX® backstamp molded into center; b) square cover with rounded corners; two handles/flanges, one opposite the other, handle ends squared off, sides taper out to rim, "PYREX®" molded into underside of one handle, "525-C" molded into underside of other; top of cover yellow, underside white; raised inner rim on underside of cover.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Corning Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management, Former Collection
Color: 
white
yellow
Technique: 
pressing
tempering
enameling
Material: 
glass