Pyrex Pipkin

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Object Name: 
Pyrex Pipkin
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
98.4.354
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10.3 cm; Diam: 9 cm; L: 14.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1935
Credit Line: 
Gift of Corning Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead borosilicate glass; black plastic; aluminum; mold-blown by machine, stamped; bulbous shape; flared rim; neck flared out to body, metal band around top of neck, band circumference stamped with stylized wave design; handle attached to side of body by band and screw, handle curved with scroll design molded into sides at end; top of body flared out, bottom portion rounded in; flat circular base, stamped "MADE IN U.S.A. OF / PYREX® / BRAND / GLASS" in green.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Corning Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management, Former Collection
Color: 
colorless
black
Technique: 
mold-blowing
stamping
machine-made
Material: 
borosilicate glass
aluminum
plastic