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Sandalwood, 1961-1963. Short-lived, and limited to a 440 set of Cinderella nesting bowls and the 470 set of Cinderella Bake, Serve, and Store round casseroles, both alternating tan on opal white and the reverse. A butter dish prototype is known, but was not made a part of regular production. A very rare 500 refrigerator set in all tan on opal also exists.

Town & Country standard pattern oval casseroles, 1963-1967. Only they and the 444 Cinderella bowl were printed with the "large pattern" in two colors. Cinderella casseroles were decorated with a band of the medium size element of this design, and in brown only. Lesser known are oval casseroles of all three sizes in solid shades of yellow and orange which also belong to this pattern collection. The divided lid on the 063 is correct, but the last catalog containing it shows it and the solid yellow one with undivided lids. The Town & Country alternate pattern uses only the large pattern in either orange OR brown on opal on all its pieces.

Space Saver casseroles debuted in the US in 1957 with a 548 shallow and a 575 deep version. This one, however, is a 2162 "deep oblong casserole" from the "Gaiety" range, first offered by UK Pyrex maker James A. Jobling & Co. in 1958, according to thatretropiece.com (@thatretropiece). Differences include the trademark and that the UK model and mold numbers are on the undersides of the dish handles. Lid handle tops are flat, not contoured like the US version. The decoration is also printed slightly lower on the JAJ version. Although tarnished, the stand appears unused, as does the dish.

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