Corning Pyrex Mixing Bowl Set, 1949-1957
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Corning Glass Works' heat-resistant glass bakeware, called Pyrex, was introduced in the mid-1910s. Pyrex products were inexpensive, with an easy-to-clean smooth surface. Pyrex glassware could travel from refrigerator to oven to table. Colored Pyrex kitchenware was introduced in 1947. These appealing mixing bowl sets, made from 1949 to 1957, were among the most popular of Corning's Pyrex products ever made.
Corning Glass Works' heat-resistant glass bakeware, called Pyrex, was introduced in the mid-1910s. Pyrex products were inexpensive, with an easy-to-clean smooth surface. Pyrex glassware could travel from refrigerator to oven to table. Colored Pyrex kitchenware was introduced in 1947. These appealing mixing bowl sets, made from 1949 to 1957, were among the most popular of Corning's Pyrex products ever made.
Artifact
Mixing bowl
Date Made
1949-1957
On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Davidson-Gerson Gallery of Glass
Object ID
2002.13.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Glass (Material)
Color
Green
Blue
Red
Yellow
Dimensions
Height: 5.0 in (largest yellow bowl)
Diameter: 10.375 in (largest yellow bowl)
Inscriptions
On printed tag affixed to largest bowl: T.M. REG / PYREX / U.S. PAT. OFF. PYREX BRAND OVEN WARE FOR BETTER AND FASTER BAKING / CORNING GLASS WORKS / CORNING, N.Y., U.S.A. FOR YOUR PROTECTION [...] / IMPORTANT [...] / NOTICE [...] / MADE IN U.S.A. Stamped on bottom of each bowl: PYREX / T.M. REG. / U.S. PAT. OFF.
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