Is a P-149 the same as a Blue Cornflower casserole?

No. P-149 is a percolator code collectors search. A Blue Cornflower casserole is a baker in the same pattern family, with its own model code and its own guide. The flower is not the form. Title the code on the pot you are holding.

Can I still make coffee in it?

The 1979 CPSC notice on Corning Ware coffee percolators tells owners to stop using them because the handle and metal band can separate. Read that notice. It says the problem does not extend to Pyrex clear-glass percolators, which are a different pot. This page will not tell you the white one is fine if yours looks sturdy.

The number is worn off. Is it still Corning Ware?

Only if a Corning Ware mark is still readable, or you are honest that the mark is gone. An unmarked white pot with a metal band is an unidentified percolator. Do not assign P-149 because the size feels familiar. Search what you can still read, and say what you cannot.

How much is a Corning Ware percolator worth?

A Corning Ware coffee percolator is the white pot with a metal band and a model code such as P-149. It is not a clear Pyrex pot, and it is not a casserole.

By WorthLast updated October 23, 2026Kitchenware Thrifting Journal

Short answerA Corning Ware coffee percolator is the white pot with a metal band, named by the model code, not by a casserole in the same flower. P-149 is a code you read, not a size you guess. Missing parts change the sale. A 1979 CPSC notice says to stop using these pots. Compare sold listings of that code.

A Corning Ware coffee percolator is the white glass-ceramic pot with a metal band and a handle, not a square baker and not a clear Pyrex pot. Blue Cornflower and Spice of Life are patterns that also appear on casseroles, and those casseroles have their own guides. The flower or the vegetables tell you the pattern. The percolator is a different form. Mixing a P-series pot with sold listings of a one-quart casserole is how a common baker inherits a price that belonged to a coffeepot, or the reverse. The code on the pot is the search. Collectors look up numbers such as P-149, P-146, P-119, and the electromatic codes that include EP. Title the code that is actually printed. If the cup count is not on the pot, do not invent one from the height.

The band and the handle are not decoration you can ignore. In 1979 the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Corning announced a corrective action on Corning Ware coffee percolators: the handle and metal band can separate from the white pot, and owners were told to stop using them. The same notice says that problem does not extend to Pyrex clear-glass percolators. Read the CPSC notice before you brew, sell, or describe one of these as a working coffeemaker. A listing that hides the notice is a listing that hides a burn hazard. Sell it as the marked object it is, with the parts you actually have, and say the notice. Do not test a recalled pot on the stove to see if the band still holds.

What should you look for?

The model code: P-149, P-146, P-119, an EP electromatic number, or whatever is printed on this pot. Photograph the whole mark. A worn code is a pot you have not identified. Do not promote a blue flower into a P-149 because that is the number you remember from a listing.
Pattern, then form: Cornflower, Spice of Life, and the other prints are the decoration. The percolator is the form. A casserole in the same print is the other guide. White with no print is still a percolator if the shape and the band are there, and it is searched as the code, not as a pattern you add.
Band, handle, and parts: The metal band, the handle, the lid, the basket, and the pump. An electric version has a cord or a base, and that is a different model from a stovetop pot with a similar flower. A missing basket is incomplete. A loose band is a fault and a reason to reread the safety notice, not a charm.
Not clear glass: Clear glass with a Flameware mark is the other percolator, on its own page. If you can see through the pot, you are not holding this one. Opaque white, a Corning Ware mark, and a metal band are the combination. A later stoneware baker with a flower and no band is not a percolator at all.

What moves the price?

The exact code: Comp P-149 against P-149, and an electromatic against electromatics. One sold listing of a complete rare pattern does not price a stained common cornflower with no basket. If you only find sales that do not match the code, your range is wide. Wide means you do not pay a collector price for a guess.
Completeness: Lid, basket, pump, and knob are the usual missing pieces. A pot alone is a pot alone. A basket alone can be a parts sale if you title the code. Do not call a pot complete because the lid fits a casserole you also own. The lid has to belong to this pot.
Cracks and the band: A crack in the white body is structural. A chip at the rim is damage. A brown interior is use, and it still has to be in the photo. A band that moves is a fault you disclose, and it is the failure the 1979 notice describes. Do not describe a loose band as patina.
Not a user appliance: The safety notice takes the ordinary “I will brew with it” comps off the table. Buyers who want a working modern percolator are a different market. Collectors who want the marked pot are this market. Say which sale you are running. A price that assumes daily coffee is a price the notice already argued with.

Where can you sell it?

eBay, as a marked pot: Code, pattern, which parts are present, and a sentence that the CPSC notice exists. Photos of the mark, the band, and the interior. Read the marketplace’s current fee before you pack a heavy, fragile pot. Do not title it “works great” because you have not, and should not, test a recalled coffeemaker on a burner.
Local: The right door when the pot is common, heavy, or missing the basket. Let the buyer lift it and read the mark. Say the notice out loud. A local sale does not repeal it.
Parts: A lid or a basket with a readable code can sell to someone who has the pot. Title it as a part. A cracked body is not a parts kit you invent by smashing it. Disclose the crack and let the buyer decide.

What can a photo settle?

The pattern or the plain white body in daylight, the entire bottom and any code, the metal band where it meets the pot, the handle, the lid, and the basket if you claim it is there. Worth can tell a white Corning Ware pot from a clear Pyrex pot when the body is in frame. It cannot read a worn code from a side view, see a crack under the band, or know whether you included the pump.

What else do people ask?

Is a P-149 the same as a Blue Cornflower casserole?: No. P-149 is a percolator code collectors search. A Blue Cornflower casserole is a baker in the same pattern family, with its own model code and its own guide. The flower is not the form. Title the code on the pot you are holding.
Can I still make coffee in it?: The 1979 CPSC notice on Corning Ware coffee percolators tells owners to stop using them because the handle and metal band can separate. Read that notice. It says the problem does not extend to Pyrex clear-glass percolators, which are a different pot. This page will not tell you the white one is fine if yours looks sturdy.
The number is worn off. Is it still Corning Ware?: Only if a Corning Ware mark is still readable, or you are honest that the mark is gone. An unmarked white pot with a metal band is an unidentified percolator. Do not assign P-149 because the size feels familiar. Search what you can still read, and say what you cannot.