Item Type: Cinderella Oval Casserole Series 945, Mixing Bowl Series 400
Years Manufactured: 1958 (?)
Values: Check below on Ebay for approximate prices
Sizes and ID#s: #045 (2.5 qt), #404 (4 qt)

I had delayed listing this pyrex pattern even though we’ve had the mixing bowl for a little while now. The reason is that we’re just not very fond of the accepted name for this pattern which is “Hex Signs”. It just doesn’t seem like a very accurate description or a very nice name, but it seems to have really stuck. We would prefer a name that had something to do with snowflakes (Hex Snowflakes?) and/or leaf clusters since that’s what they seem to resemble. But for the time being we’re going to just go with the flow and just call it by the common name.

The pattern is alternating gold leaf snowflake and leaf circle symbols. It is very interesting because as far as we can tell it is featured on two very different items: a #045 2.5 quart oval casserole and a #404 4 quart mixing bowl. We have the bowl shown above, and had originally thought that perhaps it was a part of a chip / dip set (similar to Speckle Lines). However, we’ve never seen a smaller dip bowl to date. We think this bowl was a promotional pattern that came with a knob-handled clear lid and a deep cradle with wooden handles.

The pattern is on a light beige to tan solid color for the bowl, and ivory white for the casserole. We believe the casserole came with a clear lid, and a brass colored wire dual candle warmer tray with wooden handles. We’ve seen a damaged box that read: “Pyrex Deluxe Cinderella Casserole with Twin Candle Warmer”.