Pink Pyrex 404 4 Qt Bowl

VINTAGE PYREX SOLID PINK No. 404 FOUR-QUART NESTING MIXING BOWL, MADE IN USA OVENWARE, LARGEST SIZE IN THE 400 SERIES A large piece of mid-century American kitchen glass and the biggest bowl in the Pyrex nesting series. Pyrex No. 404, the four-quart round mixing bowl, in the solid pink exterior over white opal glass, with a plain white interior, a crisp raised rib below the rim, and a small flat foot. The underside is clearly molded 404 4 QT. / TRADE MARK / 1 / PYREX / / MADE IN U.S.A. / OVENWARE. Solid pink Pyrex is one of the collector-favorite 1950s color lines, and the 404 is the hardest size to find because it took the most abuse in daily kitchen use and is usually the bowl missing from a set. This one is honest, well-used kitchen glass: the pink surface carries heavy overall scratching, dark utensil and pencil-type gray marks, rub marks, and dulling and light fading of the color, most of it across the sides and the underside. It still displays well as a bread-dough or fruit bowl and is a good filler for a collector trying to complete a solid pink 401-402-403-404 nesting set. This is the third Pyrex lot in this sale, offered along with the pair of white Pyrex milk-glass bowls and the yellow Pyrex mixing bowl elsewhere in the catalog. No lid, no other bowls, and no box are included. Sold as one bowl. Description Pyrex opal glass round nesting mixing bowl, deep rounded body with a raised horizontal rib just under the rim, a plain unrimmed lip, and a small recessed flat foot ring. Exterior finished in solid pink over the white opal body; the rim edge and the entire interior are plain white; the underside of the foot is white where the color stops. Underside molded mark, quoted as read from the photographs: 404 4 QT., TRADE MARK, the mold number 1 in the center gap, PYREX across the middle, a registered trademark in a circle, and MADE IN U.S.A. / OVENWARE around the lower arc. The 404 is the four-quart size and the largest of the four nesting bowls; the additional single digit 1 in the center is a mold number, not a date. Approximately 10 1/2 inches across the rim and approximately 5 inches tall per the tape-measure photographs. In the diameter shots the tape is laid across the rim with the hook resting on the far rim edge rather than clamped, and in the height shot the tape body stands on the table beside the bowl rather than against it, so both figures are close estimates only. No exact capacity was measured with liquid; the four-quart figure is the molded factory rating. Bidders should verify all dimensions from the photographs. No lid, no smaller nesting bowls, no original box, and no paper label are present, and none is claimed. Attribution note Pyrex was introduced by Corning Glass Works in 1915 as a heat-resistant clear glass bakeware line, and in the mid-1940s Corning added opal ware, the white glass body with color applied to the outside, which is what this bowl is. The 400 series nesting mixing bowls run 401 at 1 1/2 pints, 402 at 1 1/2 quarts, 403 at 2 1/2 quarts, and 404 at 4 quarts, and a full four-bowl set was catalogued as a 400 set while a three-bowl set was a 300 set, according to the reference listings maintained by The Pyrex Collector. Solid color lines in pink and turquoise arrived in the mid-1950s as Corning followed the pastel kitchen trend, and reference sources including The Pyrex Collector and Pyrex Love place solid Pink production in the range of roughly 1956 into the early 1960s, with Country Living citing a 1956 to 1962 run for the four-piece solid pink mixing bowl set. That places this bowl in the later 1950s to early 1960s, though Pyrex bowls do not carry production dates, so no year of manufacture is claimed for this specific piece. Solid pink and turquoise sets were promoted heavily as bridal and Mother's Day gifts, which is why so many surviving examples show hard household use. No representation is made as to secondary-market value, exact production year, completeness of any set, or oven and microwave safety today. The identification here is read from the molded mark visible in these photographs and is offered as the consignor's photo-based opinion and is not guaranteed. Bid on the item as pictured. Condition Used vintage kitchen glass in fair to good honest used condition, sold as-is. The bowl appears structurally sound and complete in the photographs, with no break, crack, or missing glass visible at the resolution shown, but the surface is heavily worn. The pink exterior shows heavy overall fine scratching, numerous dark gray and black utensil-type marks and pencil-like streaks, scuffing, rub marks, and cloudy dulling of the color across the sides and especially across the underside and lower body. The pink has faded and lightened unevenly, with paler washed patches and a matte, no-longer-glossy look over much of the surface. A darker concentrated smudge and several longer dark scratch lines are visible on one side and on the underside. The interior white g