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1961 Package Leaflet - Pyrex ... the perfect gift
 This leaflet was found in a small Pyrex coffee carafe, a 2 cup Honeymoon Server. Copies were included with many new Pyrex items at the time, and it promotes some of the newest and most attractive items suitable for gift-giving.
It is undated, but taking into account the mix of patterns and products shown, it must be from 1961. Not exactly a full catalogue of all items available, it omits the more ordinary opal Pyrex  pieces as well as clear Pyrex bakeware which was always in stock at the time. Special limited edition gift promotion sets are not present either.
(Photo: 2 Cup Pyrex Carafe, named the Honeymoon Server, with a gold leaf starburst decoration. It is not pictured in the leaflet that came with it.)
The following images are a modified version of the leaflet, the layout has been altered to fit the width of this page.
Hot and cold beverage servers, plus the Magic Cradle which was available for about two years. Although it is not listed here, advertising stated that the pattern names for the juice servers are Gold Puff and Campaigners.
Vacuum Coffee Makers: Regent, Aiken, Manhattan, Coffee Miser.
Only the most popular Flameware items survived into the late 1970s: teapot, double-boiler, and all three percolators. Most of the product line was discontinued in 1979, but double-boilers and 6 cup percolators remained for about one more year.
At that time, Visions glass-ceramic stovetop ware was on the horizon. When this more durable product was launched, a Corning representative explained why Flameware had been dropped, despite the appreciation that consumers still held for it: "We packaged a little metal trivet with each pan that was to be used between the burner and the glass. People lost the trivets or forgot to use them. They ended up with so many cracked and broken pans that we abandoned the idea."
The lidless divided dish is a 1063, a different shape than the usual 063/963. Butter dishes were a new item, introduced about 1961.
The Oval Open Baker, an 053, did not come with a lid originally, but any 945 lid will fit it. Pink = white Daisy on pink; Turquoise = white Snowflake on turquoise; Gold = Golden Acorn on ivory; Turquoise on White = turquoise Snowflake on white/opal.
There is an error in the capacities listed for Cinderella casseroles, the lines of text should be swapped. The turquoise set is 1 Qt - 2½ Qt, and the pink set is 1 pt - 1 Qt.
Colour choices for the salt & pepper set are: 0 = white, 2 = yellow, 18 = pink, 19 = turquoise. Introduced in 1961, the Cracker Barrel is a singleton with no mention of the Cookie Jar here, but by 1962 the Cookie Jar would appear in a set with the Cracker Barrel. As a pair, they became known as 2½ Qt Golden Storage Mates and were still on the market into the early 1970s. The Cracker Barrel also remained available for individual purchase.
Use and care instructions for Pyrex ovenware and Flameware with a note about candle warmer safety too. The two year warranty against breakage due to heat depends on adherence to the care instructions.
The primary concerns are avoiding thermal shock for both ovenware and stove-top ware, plus consistent usage of the heat spreader grid with Flameware on electric stoves. Low to moderate heat is recommended on any type of burner. Modern electric stoves are certainly capable of hotter temperatures than those of the 1960s, so using high heat now might be inadvisable as well as unnecessary.
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Dates for Pyrex patterns/pieces: 1940s to 1950s, 1960s to 1980s
Extra Photos: Pyrex Beverage Servers
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