Amethyst Pyrex Pie Plate
Thursday June 8, 2006
Here’s another piece of modern Pyrex that’s found a place in our house. This is a wine-colored Pyrex Glass Pie Plate that measures 9 1/2 inches across and weighs in at a hefty 2 pounds. They actually call it “Amethyst” colored on Amazon but the one we have is more of a burgundy type color.
For those who’ve never used glass pie plates before, there’s a lot that you can do with them. They’re much more versatile than your average metal pie plates, allowing you to cook up casseroles, breads and of course pies. The glass safety ears on the sides of the pie plate are nice for transfering it in and out of the oven. On that note, you’ve got to be careful because these suckers retain heat for quite a bit longer than normal pie plates.
July 18th, 2006 at 12:51 pm
Help — I am looking for one or two 12 inch pie plates for household use. Having brought pies to pot-lucks, I’ve lost track of mine. Do you have any? Do you know where I can find anything larger than the usual 9-10 inch ones?
Thanks!! Martha L. H.
July 18th, 2006 at 3:17 pm
Martha - we don’t sell pyrex ourselves on the site. But as far as new stuff goes, I don’t know if Pyrex still makes anything larger than 9.5 inches. Your best bet may be to look on Ebay for oversized vintage pyrex pie plates - I’ve seen a number of supposed 12 inch pie plates (may actually be 10.5 with a 1.5 rim) for sale on there between 7 and 15 dollars. The only problem is that shipping will cost ya quite a bit…
February 24th, 2008 at 5:18 am
Did Pyrex ever make a purple pie plate with smooth edges? I have the ones that have the ribbed edges and handles, but saw some on eBay with smooth edges and couldn’t see Pyrex stamped on the bottom of the plate in the picture? Thanks, Jenna
July 16th, 2008 at 7:27 am
I’m hoping you can help me. I have a 9.5in pie plate that is either cobalt blue or amethyst. Can’t decide which. The pyrex markings are not in a circular pattern, it is in the normal style I see with all the vintage pyrex. The markings have 229 and across from it the number 33. I can’t find any description anywhere that tells me what the 33 means. Pictures all over the web aren’t helping. Sometimes it looks like an amethyst pie plate, some times it looks cobalt blue depending on the picture.
December 17th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
33 refers to the mould number and has nothing to do with the colour of your pie plate. Moulds would wear out, the stamps at the bottom becoming filled with bits of glass that don’t come out (making subsequent pressings illegible and flutes rounded) and another would have to be made. The next mould would be identical except it would then say 34.
Of course, that’s simplistic. The manufacturing process did not actually use one mould at a time—they used many. So, yours might be from the time when moulds 30 - 39 were in use.
As for the circular or non-circular structure of your backstamp, I’m not sure. That is a more indepth topic than mould numbers. Perhaps, you should visit Pyrex Love’s Flickr group and post the question and a pic to show us.