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Visons

Saucepan and Lid
c.1980 (designed), c.1990 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Saucepan and lid, brown tinted transparent glass ceramic flared, with facetted sides, straight handle, domed lid.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Saucepan
  • Cover
TitleVisons (series title)
Materials and techniques
Press moulded
Brief description
Saucepan and lid, Visons, pan press moulded at Bagneaux, France, pyrex lid manufactured at Corning Ltd., Wear Glass Works, Sunderland, UK, 1916-18.
Physical description
Saucepan and lid, brown tinted transparent glass ceramic flared, with facetted sides, straight handle, domed lid.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14cm
  • Diameter: 16.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'VISION CORNING FRANCE 1L' (Moulded on the handle)
  • '28 PYREX (R) V-I-C B' (Moulded on lid)
Credit line
Gift of Jerry Wright
Object history
Unless otherwise stated all Corning ware was designed by an unnamed in-house team which included Jerry Wright (the donor).
1 litre capacity. Visions was introduced in Europe in 1980 and in the USA in 1983.
Production
Pan press moulded at Bagneaux, France.
Pyrex lid manufactured at Corning Ltd., Wear Glass Works, Sunderland, UK, unattributed.
Collection
Accession number
C.48:1-1995

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Record createdMarch 9, 1999
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