Red 402s: Comparing Multi-Colour Bowls & Friendship

Solid red 402s appear in more than one Pyrex nesting bowl set, and each one is a different shade.

In the 1940s, red 402s had an orange tone (left), best described as tomato red.  The more typical deep red colour (right) is from the 1950s & 1960s.  The shape of the older bowl also sets it apart; it has a more distinctly contoured foot.

Available from 1968 to 1977, the New Multi-Colour set featured a completely new assortment of colours, including a deep orange 402 (left).  Typical red 402 (right) from the usual Multi-Colour set.

When Friendship debuted in 1971, it included an orange-red 402 (left).  This shade was often called poppy red, and it is brighter than an orange-red 402 from the 1940s (right).

Friendship 402 (left), typical red 402 from Multi-Colour set (right).

Friendship 402 (left), orange 402 from New Multi-Colour set (right).

Friendship 402 (left).  Red 401s (right) matching Friendship also exist.  They do not belong in the usual boxed set, and were probably sold individually.

With a rust tone, brick red 401s & 403s (right) appeared sometime between 1976 & 1978.  They were part of a four-piece set which was completed with an orange 402 and 404.  Typical red 402 (left).


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Dates for Pyrex patterns/pieces: 1940s to 1950s, 1960s to 1980s
1971 Catalogue: Pyrex Ware
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1974 Brochure: 470 Casseroles
Pyrex Model Numbers