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Pyrex Profile - Autumn Harvest (1979)
Introduced mid-1979, Autumn Harvest is a wheat design in orange and rust tones with a pale beige pattern. Not only was it available in ovenware and nesting bowls, but a selection of Tabletop Ware and Store 'N' See Canisters launched the following year. Most Pyrex opal ware products were discontinued during 1986, and Autumn Harvest was among them. This pattern was designed by artist Richard Hora.
401 & 402 round nesting bowls, 471 casserole, 045/945 oval casserole. The brown oval has a different name: "Wheat".
It was not part of the Pyrex Compatibles product line since it is not a Corelle pattern. But in 1980, matching Tabletop Ware was introduced, which was unusual. Since 1972 the Compatibles Tabletop Ware items had been made only for Corelle patterns. Although Autumn Harvest resembles Corelle's Harvest Home (1981), they were not officially promoted as complementary products, but for a short time they were contemporary with each other.
The colour scheme of the complete sets alternates between orange and rust. Contradicting the usual colour scheme are round 400-series nesting bowls all in rust instead of alternating orange and rust. This bowl shape was available for individual sale as well as in boxed sets of three or four. All four sizes sold singly were offered in rust only, while boxed sets included orange 401s & 403s, and rust 402s & 404s. Open-stock bowls were first offered in 1980 and remained available for at least five years.
Autumn Harvest 043/943 oval casserole, 1½ Qt.
Beginning in 1980 and through the early 1980s, 474 and 475 casseroles were packaged individually with the numbers 484 or 485 on the boxes. Normally when the 474 was part of a set, it was orange, but when it was sold singly it was decorated in the rust shade.
Wheat (1978)
In 1978, prior to Autumn Harvest's introduction, a brown 045/945 oval casserole with a tan design appeared in a gift promotion set. It was named "Wheat" and it came with a rectangular wooden trivet. An 045 with Autumn Harvest's usual colour scheme does not exist, but there is an orange 043/943.
Rust 474. It isn't orange because it was sold individually.
Nesting Bowls:
Sets:
300 Series Round – 401, 402, 403 – orange, rust, orange
400 Series Round – 401, 402, 403, 404 – orange, rust, orange, rust
440 Series Cinderella – 441, 442, 443, 444 – orange, rust, orange, rust
Singles:
Round 401, 402, 403, 404 – all rust
Ovenware:
Cinderella Casseroles (470 Set) – 471, 472, 473 – rust, orange, rust
Cinderella Casseroles (460 Set) – 473 & 474 – rust, orange
Cinderella Casseroles (480 Set) – 473, 474, 475 – rust, orange, rust
Cinderella Casserole, single (484 or 485 Set) - 474 or 475 - both rust
Oval Casserole – 043/943 - orange
Oval Casserole – 045/945 - brown - with a tan design, named "Wheat".
Refrigerator Dishes – 501 rust (no pattern), 502 orange, 503 rust
Related Articles:
Comparing Autumn Harvest & Harvest Home
1981 Brochure - Pyrex Ware
1982 Catalogue - Pyrex Ware
Who designed the patterns?
Why name Pyrex mixing bowls after Cinderella?
Dates for Pyrex patterns/pieces: 1960s to 1980s
Pyrex Model Numbers
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