"Pyrex Top-of-Stove-Ware" frying pan Manufacturer: Corning Glass Works (American, 1878–1990)

Introduced 1936

American Decorative Arts

On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design
Medium

Aluminosilicate glass and chrome-plated steel

Dimensions

1 1/2 × 6 7/8 × 14 in. (3.81 × 17.463 × 35.56 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Patricia E. Kane, Ph.D. 1987, and W. Scott Braznell, Art.A. 1967

Accession Number

2007.160.2

Geography

Manufactured in Corning, New York

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
The Chicken Barn, Ellsworth, Maine, by purchase W. Scott Braznell and Patricia E. Kane
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions, July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2008), 173
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Marks

Molded into underside of frying pan "a flame above a circle within which is " T.M.REG./PYREX/US PAT OFF" and below which is "TOP OF STOVE WARE/A-G 817 B" and stamped into top of metal handle "PYREX"

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