Pyrex Double Boiler

Object Name: 
Pyrex Double Boiler

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Object Name: 
Pyrex Double Boiler
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
2010.4.661
Dimensions: 
OH: 22.5 cm, W: 28.3 cm, D: 16.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1938-1951
Primary Description: 
Pyrex Coffee Double Boiler. Almost colorless glass with blue tint, machine-made. Two pots, one that sets within the other, both with metal and glass handles, one overall lid.

More Info

Department: 
Modern; Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Williams, Dianne, Source
2010-12-31
Color: 
colorless
blue
Technique: 
machine-made
mold-blown glass
pressed glass
Material: 
glass
metal
Inscription: 
[flame symbol] / PYREX / FLAME WARE / MADE IN U.S.A. / 6763-L
stamp
: 
Stamped (a) on base
[flame symbol] / PYREX
stamp
: 
Stamped (a) on metal
24
stamp
: 
Stamped (a) on glass handle
6763-C
stamp
: 
Stamped (c) on lid
[flame symbol] / PYREX
stamp
: 
Stamped (b) on metal
30
stamp
: 
Stamped (b) on glass handle
PYREX
stamp
: 
Stamped (c) on lid
[flame symbol] / PYREX / FLAME WARE / MADE IN U.S.A. / 6763-u
stamp
: 
Stamped (b) on base

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.