Friendship Baking Dish, photo courtesy of eBay seller thelategreats.
The Friendship Oblong Baking Dish was previously somewhat of a mystery. The dish does not appear in Corning Product Catalogs during the era that the Friendship pattern was produced: 1971-1974. The dish is also unique in that the pattern was only printed in one color, red, rather than the two-color pattern in red and orange. These features have led researchers to conclude that the dish was produced as a promotional item or for a catalog program (e.g., S&H Green Stamps). Recently, eBay seller "thelategreats" found a dish with the original label which solves the mystery.
The Friendship Oblong Baking Dish was offered as "Special Offer" for $1.99, with an item number of 933-45. The 933 represents the model number of the dish while the suffix 45 is the product code for the Friendship pattern. Often "Special Offer" items were offered by Corning as door buster sale items for department stores. To keep costs low, the pattern was only printed in one color. Newspaper advertisements indicate the dish was offer in the summer of 1972. (See The Miami Herald, July 6, 1972, page 106 and the Fort Lauderdale News, July 5, 1972, page 124).
The Friendship Oblong Baking Dish was offered as "Special Offer" for $1.99, with an item number of 933-45. The 933 represents the model number of the dish while the suffix 45 is the product code for the Friendship pattern. Often "Special Offer" items were offered by Corning as door buster sale items for department stores. To keep costs low, the pattern was only printed in one color. Newspaper advertisements indicate the dish was offer in the summer of 1972. (See The Miami Herald, July 6, 1972, page 106 and the Fort Lauderdale News, July 5, 1972, page 124).
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