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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => USA => Topic started by: Anne E.B. on August 04, 2008, 07:34:19 PM
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I'm presuming this bowl is made from Pyrex. Its marked CORNING USA PH-7-S on the base. It has hemispherical bumps which radiate out from the centre.
I'm curious as to know what it would be used for. If its an ashtray, then it doesn't have rests. I can't imagine it being used for cooking, so what is it? There's lots of age related wear on the base. I've done a search but haven't turned anything up like this.
Can anyone tell me anything more about it please?
TIA :)
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Milk overflow preventer thingy.
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Milk overflow preventer thingy.
You're gonna look a bit daft if Anne says it's 8" in diameter. ;) ;D What size is it Anne? ^-^
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;D
6½" diam. x 1½" high.
May be for an upside-down-pudding? Cherries etc. are placed in the indentations following baking?
Only joking >:D
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OK, too big for a milk boil-spoiler and useless as an ashtray or food use... perhaps just a decorative dish.
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Very peculiar! Must have a definite purpose I suppose. Are the bumps to spread the heat out more effectively? For baking small puddings?...mysterious!
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That brown stuff is from the Corning Vision range - that may help
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Roasting tray for smaller lumps. Hence the bumps to keep it clear of juices.
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It's a Graperfuit squeezer for folk who don't like too much juice at one sitting.
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Roasting tray for smaller lumps. Hence the bumps to keep it clear of juices.
This was my first thought. Could be a mold of some sort, too. I have Corning bakeware the same color.
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being a chef in my distant past I have never seen 1 of these, but my first impression would be a pastry mold.
and thats my 6 penneth
martin
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Well, I can only help a little. This is an Amber piece of Corning in the Visions line. According to my Corning book, Corning first sales tested their Visions line in 1981 through Imoco, Inc a Company based in Irving TX, and through a company called LeClair out of Clinton, NJ. It says that if you get a piece of very strange looking Visions, it likely came from one of these 2 companies. The actual Visions cookware line would not mature until 1983.
So I would say this is one of the early "test" pieces that Corning did for the line. I'm not sure what it would be used for though. It almost appears to be an underplate of some sort to me. No pieces like this are shown in my book. I wish I could be of more help.
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Great information :clap: Thank you. For the time being its use remains a mystery ;)
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here in flowewr country we immediately realise it is an underplate for a flower pot - where surplus water can accumulate without rotting the roots
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According to my Corning book...
What is the book please?
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Sorry Frank. The book is called The Complete Guide to Corning Ware and Visions Cookware by Kyle Coroneos.
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http://reviews.ebay.com/Corning-Plant-Helpers-Terrarium-and-Sprout-Farm-PHOTOS_W0QQugidZ10000000004428944
Its part of a Terrarium! :hiclp:
Fran;o)
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Corning-Plant-Helpers-Terrarium-Planter-RARE-HTF-PH-5_W0QQitemZ320453710712QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9c879378
Here it is in an ebay auction!
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Many thanks folks.
Weird but wonderful ;D :hiclp:
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Here's one I bought yesterday, complete with its matching dome ;D The bowl is marked PH-9-S and the dome PH-9-D.
Too big to sit on the windowsill unfortunately :grrr: Oh well, I never did like bean sprouts.
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Super to find a compete one Anne E.B! :hiclp:
I myself have never seen one of these either (but have seen Visions cook line), so learned something new. Thanks! :thup: