Pyrex Coffee Percolator with Glass Handle

Object Name: 
Pyrex Coffee Percolator with Glass Handle

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Object Name: 
Pyrex Coffee Percolator with Glass Handle
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
2008.4.96
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 20.4 cm, W: 19.2 cm, D: 12.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1947
Credit Line: 
Gift of Edwin Keith Sutherland
Primary Description: 
Molded and pressed colorless glass. 5-piece percolator. Cylindrical body carafe (a) with pinched lip, metal band just above mid-body holds glass handle. (b) is the flanged lid, (c) is the glass stand with circular base, (d) is the cylindrical shaped glass basket with (e) metal strainer.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Sutherland, Douglas B., Source
2008-12-16
Color: 
silver
colorless
Technique: 
assembling
molding
pressing
Material: 
glass
metal
Inscription: 
25
inscription
: 
Pressed On glass handle
77-C C-32
inscription
: 
Pressed On lower flange
STAINLESS
inscription
: 
Stamped On metal band and on metal handle
PAT. NO. 2204158
inscription
: 
Stamped On underside of strainer
PYREX R
signature
: 
Pressed On lower flange
A-4 / PYREX / O
signature
: 
Pressed On underside of Carafe (a) Flame under the A-4 and above the word PYREX