Creative Glass Collection
Carafe
1970-75 (designed), 1970-80 (made)
1970-75 (designed), 1970-80 (made)
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Carafe of greenish transparent aluminosilicate Pyrex glass, handleless, cylindrical with high waist and rim shaped to form pouring lip.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Machine mould-blown glass |
| Brief description | Glass Carafe, machine mould blown, 'Glass Tender' from the 'Creative Glass' Collection, made by Corning Incorp., USA (Corning), 1970-1980 |
| Physical description | Carafe of greenish transparent aluminosilicate Pyrex glass, handleless, cylindrical with high waist and rim shaped to form pouring lip. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | PYREX o (Makers's mark printed in white) |
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| Credit line | Given by J Opie |
| Production | Described as an 'all-purpose beverage server with concave gripping area for easy pouring'. Creative Glass was 'a totally new collection of clearly contemporary glass for storing, stacking, serving and decorating'. |
| Bibliographic reference | See object file |
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| Accession number | C.8-1995 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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