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
Accession Number: 
98.4.262
Dimensions: 
H: 7.2 cm; W: 21.6 cm; L: 32.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1959
Credit Line: 
Gift of Corning Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management
Primary Description: 
1-1/2 Quart Pyrex Casserole in "Dandelion Duet" Pattern with Cover. a) translucent white opalware glass; cream enamel; gold decoration; b) colorless; a) non-lead glass; b) non-lead borosilicate glass; a) pressed; tempered; enameled; screen printed; b) pressed; a) ovoid shaped casserole; machine finished rim; rim tapers out to handle at both ends of dish; handles flat and squared off at ends; body tapers in from rim; interior of body and top of handles white; exterior of body and underside of handles cream; dividing wall the width of the object in the center of the casserole, top of wall about 1cm down from rim; same gold design printed on each half of body, design breaks under handles, design is a row of various stylized dandelion flower shapes; flat oval base with PYREX® backstamp molded into center; b) oval shaped cover; 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, "945C 4" molded into top of other handle; raised ring of glass on underside of cover about 0.5cm in from rim, ring is the circumference of the cover; dividing wall the width of the object on underside, top of wall about 0.5cm down from ring of glass.
Pattern Name: 
Dandelion Duet
Provenance: 
Corning Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management, Former Collection