Early 1950s Leaflet - Flameware Use & Care  


6 cup Flameware teapot, 8126.


This undated leaflet came with a Flameware teapot from the early 1950s.  As its name suggests, Flameware is perfect for gas stoves.

The benefits of using Flameware.

Flameware Use & Care, including advice on cooking methods, since glass transfers heat differently.  It recommends low to medium heat on any type of stove.  A one year warranty covers breakage from heat shock, if the guidelines are followed carefully.

If the consumer owned an electric stove manufactured since 1940, they were obliged to reply to the company with these details before using their Flameware on it.  Presumably this meant that Corning would send along a heat-spreader grid if the product was going to be used on a newer and hotter appliance.  It appears that the grid was not included with this particular piece originally, and the instructions pictured above do not mention this necessity either.

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