Extra Photos: Pyrex (1950s - 1960s) 


Pyrex Dinnerware round platter, Dove Grey with gold trim.

Pyrex Dinnerware sugar bowl, Flamingo with gold trim.

Flamingo 080 (8 oz) casserole with 980 lid.  Although most Lime & Flamingo bakeware debuted in 1952, this size did not appear until 1954.

Oval 043/943.  Spring 1957, 043 & 045 casseroles were offered with this design, both with a cradle.  Advertisements called it "smart yellow with charcoal flower decoration".  It was the first pattern to appear on a casserole in a special gift promotion set.  The few promotional casseroles that came before this were solid-coloured or plain white. 

575 Space Saver, Needlepoint.  It was available during late 1957 when advertising described it as: "smart yellow with black needlepoint pattern."  A cradle was also included in the set.  The pattern returned in late 1958 with a 443 Cinderella bowl in white on turquoise.  Advertisements also called this variation "Needlepoint design".  The bowl was paired with a 624 lid and a candle-warmer cradle. 

472 Cinderella Twin Server.  Two different sets with this design were available spring 1959.  With blue & green leaves, a Twin Server Set included two 472 casseroles without lids.  In gold on ivory, two 473s with clear lids were named Cinderella Buffet Twins.  Both sets came with a cradle.

This scroll design appeared on three gift promotion sets in the late 1950s.  The first to be offered was a pink 575 Space Saver in late 1958.  It came with a 550 lid and a cradle.  In late 1959, a turquoise 443 Cinderella bowl was equipped with a 624 lid and a candle-warmer cradle.  Also from late 1959 is a gold on ivory chip & dip set (441 & 444) which included a bracket.

Oval 043/943, Meadow.  Equipped with a cradle, this casserole was offered during the spring of 1960 along with other gift promotion sets.  Advertising described it as: "... turquoise 'Meadow' decoration on white."

Oval 045/945.  Appearing in late 1960, it was called a Deluxe Cinderella Casserole with a "Classic gold design on gleaming white."  The set also included a dual candle-warmer.  The pattern has no specific name, but it also appeared on a beige 404, paired with a 626 lid and a cradle.

Oval 043/943.  This dark blue casserole with a gold-leaf pattern was offered during late 1965 or early 1966.  Its official name is not known, it seems that it was not even printed on the original box.  The set also included a cradle.

Yellow Rainbow Stripe 402.  Yellow only could be purchased singly in open stock and was not part of the Rainbow Stripe 300-series boxed set.


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