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Cooking pot with cover

Title

Year/Period

Mid 20th century

Region

Singapore

Material

glass

Dimension

Object size: H7.3 x W20.5 x D17.5 cm

Accession No.

2007-50989

Collection of

National Museum of Singapore

This "Pyrex" (a thermal shock resistant glassware) cooking pot was made in France by a company called Arcopal. It belongs to a series of objects (accession nos. 2007-50972 to 51483) that document the lifestyle and consumption of a typical Chinese upper middle-class family in the mid 20th century.