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Pyrex : the unauthorized collector's guide / Barbara E. Mauzy.

Mauzy, Barbara E., (author.).

Summary:

The lead-free glass which became PYREX glass was patented in May 1915, and is found in almost every kitchen in the United States. The focus of this book is on the earliest decades of their history, particularly as it relates to the vintage American kitchen. Mauzy includes catalogue and advertising art that makes this collector's guide an interesting history for browsers and historians.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780764346644
  • Physical Description: 192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
  • Edition: Revised fifth edition.
  • Publisher: Atglen, Pennsylvania : Schiffer Publishing Ltd, [2014]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Previous edition: 2008.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 192).
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- PYREX ovenware -- PYREX flameware -- PYREX colors -- PRYEX technical glassware -- Restaurantware -- Pattern identification.
Subject: Pyrex > Collectors and collecting > United States > Catalogs.

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  • 3 of 3 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.

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  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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About the prices 7(1)
Acknowledgments 7(1)
Introduction 8(8)
Chapter 1 PYREX® Ovenware
16(48)
Au gratin dishes
18(1)
Basters
18(1)
Bowls
19(2)
Cake dishes
21(1)
Casseroles
22(5)
Children's Ovenware
27(1)
Custard cups
27(5)
Decorated and engraved Ovenware
32(7)
Loaf pans
39(2)
Measuring cups
41(1)
Molds
42(1)
Nursing bottles
43(1)
Pie birds
44(1)
Pie plates
45(3)
Platters
48(2)
Reamers
50(1)
Refrigerator dishes
51(1)
Roasters
52(1)
Rolling pins
53(1)
Shirred egg dishes
53(1)
Special dishes
54(2)
Teapots
56(3)
Trays or tiles
59(1)
Utility dishes
59(1)
Warming dishes
60(1)
A Final Look At PYREX® Ovenware
61(3)
Chapter 2 PYREX® FLAMEWARE
64(31)
Coffee makers -- Introduction
66(1)
Coffee makers -- The drip coffee maker
66(1)
Coffee makers -- Instant coffee
67(1)
Coffee makers -- The percolator
68(6)
Coffee makers -- The vacuum coffee maker
74(4)
Coffee makers -- SILEX
78(4)
Coffee makers -- CHEMEX
82(1)
Coffee makers -- A few other unique examples
83(1)
Saucepans and double boilers
84(4)
Skillets
88(2)
Tea-kettles
90(2)
Teapots
92(1)
A final look at PYREX® flameware
93(2)
Chapter 3 PYREX® Colors
95(54)
Banks
99(1)
Blenders
99(1)
Bottles
99(1)
Bowls
100(13)
Cake dishes
113(1)
Canisters
113(1)
Carafes
114(4)
Casseroles
118(10)
Child Feeding Set
128(1)
Christmas decorations
128(1)
Custard cups
129(1)
Dinnerware
129(5)
Divided dishes
134(2)
Drinkups
136(1)
Fired-on glassware
137(1)
Loaf dishes
138(1)
Pie plates
138(1)
Pitchers
139(4)
Refrigerator sets
143(4)
Salad sets
147(1)
Shakers
147(1)
Utility dishes
148(1)
A Final Look at PYREX® Colors
148(1)
Chapter 4 PYREX® Technical Glassware
149(4)
Beakers
150(1)
Bottles
151(1)
Funnels
152(1)
A Final Look at PYREX® Technical Glass
152(1)
Chapter 5 Restaurantware
153(30)
History of Corning Restaurantware
155(3)
Back Stamps
158(1)
Restaurantware Patterns and Pieces
158(1)
Double-tough
158(4)
Custom Dinnerware
162(2)
"TnT" Dinnerware
164(1)
Sprayed Borders
164(1)
Decor
165(4)
PYREX® Lightweight Tableware
169(1)
Tableware
170(2)
The General Services Administration
172(2)
Designer Series
174(5)
Pyroceram
179(3)
Is It PYREX® or Is It Fire-King?
182(1)
Concluding Thoughts
182(1)
Chapter 6 Pattern Identification
183(9)
Known Pattern Names
184(6)
The Unknowns
190(2)
Bibliography 192


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