Pyrex Saucepan and Cover

Object Name: 
Pyrex Saucepan and Cover

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Object Name: 
Pyrex Saucepan and Cover
Accession Number: 
98.4.317
Dimensions: 
H: 14.5 cm; W: 19.5 cm; L: 31.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1939-1946
Credit Line: 
Gift of Corning Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management
Primary Description: 
Transparent, blue tinted and colorless non-lead glass; aluminosilicate; stainless steel; mold-blown by machine, pressed; a) cylindrical shape; smooth rim with pinched lip; straight sided body with channel around circumference near top; metal band with latch in channel, "STAINLESS" stamped into band to left of handle; handle one quarter of way around pan to the left of the lip, handle attached to band by metal attachment piece and screws, "STAINLESS" stamped into left side piece near bottom, PYREX® Flameware logo stamped on top; handle horizontal, "26" molded into right side; flat circular base, PYREX® Flameware trademark stamped in green on base (barely legible); b) circular cover; rounded flange; cover slightly domed; smooth edge; inside retaining rim/insert on underside of cover, insert has two tabs opposite each other, "6324 C - 6323 C" molded into side of insert; "PYREX®" molded into underside near insert.
Provenance: 
Corning Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management, Former Collection