Pyrex Compatibles

Introduced in 1972, the Pyrex Compatibles product line was designed to complement Corelle Livingware.  It encompasses nesting bowls & ovenware, and serving accessories in the Tabletop Ware product line.  The latter grouping includes: mugs, cream & sugar sets, salt & pepper shakers, napkin rings, gravy boats, butter dishes, margarine dishes.


Box for Pyrex Compatibles cream & sugar set.

Corelle patterns that include Pyrex Compatibles nesting bowls & ovenware plus Tabletop Ware are: Butterfly Gold, Snowflake Blue, Spring Blossom Green, Woodland Brown.
 
Only Tabletop Ware was offered in Old Town Blue, but Homestead nesting bowls & ovenware were a suitable match.  A 1976 catalogue states, "The Homestead Collection makes a beautiful compatible too.  It doesn't go with Old Town Blue exactly; it goes beautifully."

Winter Frost White comprises just a few Tabletop Ware items.  No nesting bowls & ovenware were ever offered with the Winter Frost White name, but plain undecorated opal Pyrex items do exist, some as old as the early 1950s.

Colonial Mist includes matching ovenware & nesting bowls, but no Tabletop Ware.  It was the last Corelle pattern to be sold with matching Pyrex ovenware.

Autumn Harvest is not a Corelle pattern, but it does appear on Tabletop Ware, the only Pyrex pattern in this category after 1972.  In addition to nesting bowls & ovenware, there are also Store 'N' See containers.

Shenandoah is strictly a Pyrex pattern in nesting bowls & ovenware, but its motifs are clearly derived from Wildflower.  It seems to be designed with the subtle suggestion of Corelle compatibility, rather than being a precise match to a single pattern.

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