1943 Order Form - Check the Pyrex Ovenware you need  

This order form for Pyrex ovenware was issued at a time when the supply was probably restricted, so retailers might have been unable to keep a full range of shapes & sizes in stock.  Placing a specific order for delivery at a later date was likely the best way for consumers to buy the items they needed, if they did not mind waiting for them.  The form is meant to be returned to their local dealer rather than Corning Glass Works.

1943 Pyrex order form, front & back.  Flameware is mentioned on the front cover, but no Flameware is offered inside.

The list of pieces available for ordering on this particular form is not a complete catalogue of what was produced at that point in time.  It is a selection of basic essentials, in sizes that suit most requirements.  During wartime, some Pyrex products were in limited supply, others ceased production temporarily, and some were discontinued completely.  So if an item is absent here, it does not necessarily mean that it was dropped before 1943 and never manufactured again; it could have been available through other channels.

A different order form had circulated during 1942.  The concept was the same, but it offered a wider selection of Pyrex ovenware and some Flameware top-of-stove ware as well.

The following images are a modified version of the leaflet, the layout has been altered to fit the width of this page.

                                  The advantages of using Pyrex.

Pyrex backstamp and label.

Flavour-Saver pie plate, 229 (10").  It was a new item in 1942, and offered in just one size until 1947, when a smaller 228 (9") appeared.  This shape is still in production.

Round casseroles: open baking dish or covered with utility lid.  Knob-top lids are not pictured in this leaflet.  Utility lids shaped like a pie plate were more popular at the time.  Oval casseroles disappeared in the early 1940s and did not return.

Measuring cup, 508.  Custard cups: 414s are pictured, 425 & 426 deep custard cups were originally called French pattern or French style.

Deep pie dishes (453 & 455), thin-rimmed custard cups (445).  This same shape in deep pie dishes had been manufactured since the 1910s, but they were called Cocottes then.

Rimmed nesting bowl set, 3 piece (322, 323, 325).  This set was introduced in 1942.

Loaf pan (212), rectangular utility pans (231 & 232).

Cake pan (221), pie plate (209).  There are other possible pie plate sizes, but they are not listed here.


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