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The PYREX Museum

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-- Beverage Servers --


Corning produced some awesome teapots during the early years of Pyrex. The tea pot production began in 1922 in a four man shop , so they were hand made rather than machine produced. This made all of the tea pots made during this time very individual. These were produced until 1934, when the master artesan died. After that all tea pots and beverage servers were machine produced.

These little beauties were produced from the mid 1930s until the mid 1940s. Their short lifespan was because of the advent of Flameware teapots. These pieces were alternately called teapots or beverage servers. They are both four cup servers as shown in the ad.

The squat teapot below is a #6406, and was produced from 1964 until the early 1970s. Then it ... disappeared!! We are fortunate enough to have one in beautiful shape, and complete with the glass and aluminum brewer insert.

We don't know a lot about this piece, except it is large!! This is a 12 cup, and the bottom is embossed in green with "Pyrex Ware for Teamakers Inc." We do not know the vintage, but the green embossed logo on the bottom should date it to the WWII era, similar to the four cup servers shown above.

This is a nice carafe complete with server/warmer. A small candle in the server and your drink is sure to stay at a nice, warm temperature. The piece comes complete with the original cork and plastic stopper. The carafe itself measures 9" tall, and in the server stands over 12" ! The green Pyrex label, marked on the center of the piece, again indicates the age to be from the early 1940s - nice piece of 70 year old glass.

Glasbake Beverage Server
This is a tea pot or a beverage warmer. It is not marked Pyrex, but was produced by Corning for Glasbake. The style and handle are unique, but the aluminum band is classic Pyrex from this time frame. We have seen this design in beverage servers, double boilers, and sauce pans. Most of the time the aluminum band is red, but an inspection showed us that this has never been painted. We acquired this little beauty in a really nice antique shop in Windham, ME. - unfortunately the name has slipped my mind!

Glasbake Double Boiler
This has a story similar to the above piece. It is not marked Pyrex, but was produced by Corning for Glasbake. Notice the similarities in the style and handles. This piece has the more commonly seen red metal trim. It is a small double boiler, holding only one quart, and is almost the same height as the above server.

Flameware Tea Kettle

This is the big one of all of the tea kettles made by Corning. This is a #7125 tea kettle, and it holds a whopping 2 1/2 qts. This beauty has a gunmetal blue band and a bottom stamp of green paint, indicating its vintage dates to WWII. Even in 1940 the price of this kettle was $2.95.

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Flameware Tea Pot w/ Upturned Handle
This is a rarity in glassware. This is a Pyrex Flameware tea pot with an upturned handle. We have never seen another one of these, even in any of our reference books. The only other piece we have seen with an upturned handle is a sauce pan. This beauty is #8126 and the back stamp says it is Made in the USA. The lid, however, says that it is Made in Canada, and is different from any other lids that we have ever seen!! This is certainly a prize for the museum.

Black Metal Cup w/ Pyrex Lid
OK, we know absolutely nothing about this piece. It consists of a metal, perhaps tin or aluminum, cup covered by a glass lid of signed Pyrex. If you have ever seen anything like this, or even similar to this, please let us know - we are ever so curious about old Pyrex pieces without a known history. Remember, that is why this museum is here - to answer those types of questions.

Nursing Bottle
OK, maybe this doesn't belong under the heading 'Beverage Servers.' There was really nowhere else to put it, and it really is a beverage server!! Some things simply become so commonplace that they become a part of our culture: canning jars are Ball jars and cellophane tape is Scotch Tape. For years nursing bottles were Pyrex Bottles. This is a beauty, an 8 oz. 6 sided bottle, complete with lid and liner. No nipple - that must have been sold separately. Don't have the exact dates that these were produced, but it was definitely a long time!

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