For all avid collectors
of McKee - GLASBAKE ... this iconic brand was developed in 1917, with changes
in name over the years: GLASBAKE Ovenware 1917-53; GLASBAKE by McKee a division
of Thatcher 1951-61; GLASBAKE by Jeannette 1961-83, when it closed.
Offered here is
a - Vintage 1940's-50's McKee-GLASBAKE FOR WESTINGHOUSE -
COMPLETE, Crystal-Clear, Lidded Oven-to-Refrigerator-Dish - in MOST-Excellent -
Barely-Gently-Used Condition.
All glass surfaces are SUPER, HIGHLY-GLOSSY, shiny and clean - inside & out.
Dish -
The Dish-design is excellent - the horizontal fin
shaped handles at either end are subtle -
just there to get fingertips beneath - saving space in your fridge or oven. The
Dish is deep - resembling a loaf pan - which this item was originally designed
as. The base has an embossed orange-peel texture and embossed strips - both aid
in cooling - as often found on GLASBAKE items.
Embossed on the Dish's smooth disc-button is a
"stippled, underlined, encircled "W"" - identifying this as for WESTINGHOUSE.
Lid -
The crystal-clear
high-domed Lid is also designed well. At the top of the high dome upper
surface is a large fin-like
handle, which runs the length of the lid. The Lid has an
orange-peel textured central
surface, again GLASBAKE-like.
The handle
is smooth and embossed with an underlined, encircled "W",
matching the base.
This Lidded Refrigerator Dish measures - 8 1/4" x 4 5/8"
- upper inner edge of the dish; 9 1/8" x 5 1/4" - outer edges, max
dimensions; 3 1/2" in height, 5 1/2" with the lid on; 7 1/2" x
4" across the base.
Q1 -
There are NO chips, cracks; NO stains, rubs, scratches, nor hazing - just a tiny bit of flea bites on the upper inner edge of the lid, a tiny broken surface air bubble - looks barely-to-unused. The glass is straw-yellow in colour – Base and Lid.
Q2 - Straw-Yellow Cast - Dish; Ice-Blue - Lid There are a few small chips and some flea-bites on the upper inner rim of the Dish, some haziness within the glass, some fine rubs and scratches form light use and cleaning. The Lid has a tiny flea-bite on the inner edge of the inner rim - looks gently-used. The glass is straw-yellow in colour for the Base, this Lid has an ice-blue cast. |
SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION –
Many well-known, VINTAGE-ERA,
glassmakers - such as CORNING-PYREX;
McKee-GLASBAKE; ANCHOR-HOCKING FIRE-KING - supplied many
Brand-Name Companies with specialty
glass-ware items to be given away as PROMOTIONAL ITEMS along with purchases of their main-stream
production items. Often the suppliers did not apply their own logos - often
left unmarked OR marked with the Brand-Name Co's LOGO. Such is the case with
the item described in this listing.
McKee–GLASBAKE - Oven-Refrigerator Dishes -
An early release Lidded Loaf-Pan which doubled
as a Lidded Refrigerator Dish was released in the 1920's or so - MPN
805. The form of this Lidded Dish was deep and angular; the Lid was angular
with a knob-style handle.
COMPLETE Lidded Oven-Refrigerator Dishes (they came in all-clear or
milk-glass based) were given-away to WESTINGHOUSE customers with the purchase
of their refrigerators and kitchen ranges (stoves/ovens), for a period – 1940’s-50's.
SHIPPING
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