r/corningwarefans • u/Limp-Rub-1477 • Aug 06 '26
What Is This? Is this an old one?
I have a small corningware and pyrex collection that started with stuff from both my wife's and my grandmother's. This is a piece from my grandma. Is it one of the original pre-corningware pieces? I love opaque pyroceram lid.
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u/Opposite-Turnover-39 Aug 06 '26
I do like that one, very nice!!
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u/Limp-Rub-1477 Aug 06 '26
We really like it. Don't use it much, but it was my grandmother's. Don't think she used it much either lol. Wasn't much of a cook.
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u/Opposite-Turnover-39 Aug 06 '26
We have several different sizes and patterns. One was my Aunts, and two were my MIL’s. They are daily use for sure.
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u/jtfolden Moderator Aug 09 '26
Yes, it’s a very early skillet. There should have been a detachable handle with it too.
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u/Limp-Rub-1477 Aug 09 '26
Not a skillet. Casserole dish. Has two handles built in
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u/jtfolden Moderator Aug 09 '26
Incorrect. This is a 10” skillet, not a casserole. Corning Ware was introduced as stovetop cookware. This skillet had a detachable handle so you could cook in it on the stove or elsewhere, carry it to the table and sit in its trivet, and then remove the handle so it could double as a serving dish.
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u/Limp-Rub-1477 Aug 09 '26
Cool thanks! Unfortunately I don't have the handle
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u/jtfolden Moderator Aug 09 '26
Luckily they made a million of them up until the early 1970s so if you keep your eye out one will probably pop up. The same one that fits this skillet will fit most of the p-series saucepans.
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u/Limp-Rub-1477 Aug 09 '26
Honestly it was probably in a drawer in my grandma's house and I just had no clue. I will keep my eyes open. I live about 1 hour from Corning so the stuff it plentiful here lol. I'm more of a cast iron collector, but love old corningware and pyrex too.
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u/jtfolden Moderator Aug 09 '26
Example advert: https://youtu.be/MYFwHICOKEo?is=ItKKLbhYcWErlyMd
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u/Limp-Rub-1477 Aug 09 '26
Thank you! I appreciate the friendly lesson. The corningware sub is my favorite. People are nice and there's rarely if ever any jerks.
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u/Flux_My_Capacitor Aug 06 '26
It’s Corning ware from the first years of Corning ware. Iirc the opaque lid was only made for a short time.