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Pattern List - Corning Ware Petite Pans
The small Petite Pan, a P-41, holds 1¾ cups (12 oz), while the large one is a P-43 with a capacity of 2¾ cups (22 oz, 700 ml). It is not known exactly when Petite Pans debuted, but the registered design for their plastic lid was filed in 1965. The small size disappeared from the market in the early 1980s, while the large size would remain until at least the late 1990s.
P-43 2¾ cup Petite Pan Spice O' Life (with lettering).
 Both sizes use the same lids which are marked P-41, then suffixed with -PC for plastic cover or -GC for glass cover. Generally Petite Pans were sold with plastic lids meant for food storage only, not for oven, stove-top or microwave use. Pairs of Petite Pans with one glass lid and one plastic lid were included in certain large sets of Corning Ware. Otherwise, glass lids were sold as a separate accessory in packages of two.
The tab handles for most Petite Pans are compatible with the specially-sized Petite Pan detachable handle, a P-41-HG. But it appears that  sometime between 1993 and 1997, the tab handles became flat on top, presumably to fit the new white plastic lids which cover the tab handle entirely. The original plastic lids were clear with a cut-out to fit alongside the bump on the tab handle instead.
The lists encompass all Petite Pans whether they are a Corelle match or not. As always, the patterns listed here are definite confirmed sightings, there may be others.
 Totals so far: 10 (P-41)
25 (P-43)
1¾ cup Petite Pans (P-41):
Blue Cornflower
Blue Medallion
Country Festival
Floral Bouquet
Green Medallion
Spice O' Life (no lettering)
stars design (blue)*
wheat design (gold)**
wheat/floral design (avocado)‡
 Wildflower
2¾ cup Petite Pans (P-43):
Autumn Meadow
Blue Cornflower
Blue Dusk
Blue Medallion
Country Cornflower
Country Festival
Floral Bouquet
Fresh Cut
Fruit Basket
Green Medallion
 ivy/floral design (avocado)‡
J.C. Penney exclusive (avocado)‡‡
Just White
Lyrics
Pastel Bouquet
Peach Floral
Shadow Iris
Silk & Roses
Soft Beige
Spice O' Life (no lettering)
Spice O' Life (with lettering)
stars design (blue)*
Strawberry Sunday
 wheat design (gold)**
Wildflower
(Photos from top: Blue Medallion P-41, Green Medallion P-43, Autumn Meadow, Wildflower, Shadow Iris, Peach Floral, Spice O' Life (no lettering) with plastic lids.)
For Spice O' Life, the difference between the two versions goes beyond whether the French phrase is present. They are two distinct designs with different arrangements of vegetables.
* - official pattern name not known, the design consists of eight five-pointed stars of different sizes, the three largest stars are within solid blue circles.
** - official pattern name not known. Petite Pans with a wheat design can be marked as W-41/W-43 instead of P-41-B/P-43-B.
‡ - official pattern name not known, no other details are known about these avocado green designs.
‡‡ - Marked on bottom: "Made exclusively for J.C. Penney by Corning", also with JCP-43B instead of P-43-B. This pattern dates to about 1971.
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What about the French phrases on Spice O' Life?
Corning Ware Profile: Autumn Meadow
Wildflower
Strawberry Sunday
Spice O' Life
Pastel Bouquet, Shadow Iris
Peach Floral, Country Cornflower
Blue Cornflower
Country Festival Brochure
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