1-1/2 Quart Pyrex Casserole with Cover

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

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Object Name: 
1-1/2 Quart Pyrex Casserole with Cover
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, Charleroi
Accession Number: 
98.4.258
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10.2 cm, W: 17.6 cm, L: 26.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1961
Credit Line: 
Gift of Corning Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management
Primary Description: 
1-1/2 Quart Pyrex Casserole in "Empire Scroll (vines)" Pattern with Cover. Translucent white non-lead opalware and colorless glass; gold screen-printed enamel decoration; mold-pressed. Ovoid shaped casserole (a); machine finished rim; rim tapers out to handle at both ends of dish; handles flat with squared off ends; body tapers in from rim to bottom; same gold scroll design screem-printed on each half of body, design breaks under handles; casserole has oval foot and flat base with PYREX backstamp including item number "043" molded into center. Oval shaped colorless glass cover (b); domed with flat top, flat rim; rim tapers out to handle at either end; handles flat with squared off ends, "PYREX" molded into top of one handle, "943C-1" molded into top of other handle; inner edge of rim raised on underside of cover.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Pattern Name: 
Empire Scroll (vines)
Provenance: 
Corning Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management, Former Collection
Color: 
white
colorless
gold
Technique: 
pressed glass
screen printing
Material: 
glass
enamel

Exhibitions (1)

America's Favorite Dish: Celebrating a Century of Pyrex
Venue(s)
Rakow Library, Corning Museum of Glass 2015-06-06 through 2016-03-17
America’s Favorite Dish: Celebrating a Century of Pyrex commemorates the history of Pyrex brand housewares, developed by Corning Glass Works in 1915. Central to the story of Pyrex are women, traditionally the keepers of the home, who helped Corning designers and engineers develop the products to appeal to the burgeoning women’s consumer market. Corning Glass Works combined affordable products and attractive designs with strategic marketing to make Pyrex a mainstay in American homes. Pyrex advertisements, ephemera, and glassware from the combined collections of the Library and Museum will reveal the evolution of this modern American tradition.