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, or 1962 at the latest.  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.

(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.)                     

Hot and cold beverage servers, plus the Magic Cradle which was available for about two years.  The patterns on the juice servers, top left, are Gold Puff and Campaigners.

Vacuum Coffee Makers: Regent, Aiken, Manhattan, Coffee Miser.

Small selection of Flameware.  Only the most popular items survived into the late 1970s, and these were the teapot, double-boiler, and three sizes of percolator.  1979 appears to be the final year of production for all but the six cup percolator, which would remain available for about one more year.

Although these items still enjoyed some demand, one of the reasons for discontinuing them was that users frequently forgot to use the heat-spreader grid with an electric stove, then would register a complaint with the company when the product broke.
   
   

The lidless divided dish is a 1063, a different shape than the usual 063/963 divided dish, bottom right.  The Oval Open Baker, an 053, did not come with a lid originally, but any 945 lid will fit it.

There is an error in the capacities listed for the Cinderella casseroles, the lines of text should be swapped.  The turquoise set bottom left is 1 Qt - 2½ Qt, and the pink set bottom centre is 1 pt - 1 Qt.

The 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.  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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