Though the Floral Bouquet pattern is covered in "the books". I think these dates refer only to the 2nd and 3rd editions of the pattern (
1970-1975) at which point a larger selection of pieces were in production. 1st Edition Floral Bouquet, however, was originally released in the fall of 1969 as a Limited Edition Gift line
, just like
Platinum Filigree (
1966),
Renaissance (
1970) &
Nature's Bounty (
1971). Unlike the other 3 gift lines, however, Floral Bouquet evolved over time, even before breaking out into a full fledged line.
At the end of 1969 Corning released just 3 pieces. Similar to the Platinum Filigree Gift Line, the Party Buffet (
1 3/4 quart) and the Royal Buffet (
2 1/2 quart) were chosen. However, unlike Platinum Filligree, the percolator released was a P-119 Stove Top model instead of an Electromatic (
P-80-EP or P-6-EP). It should be noted here that some of the P-119 percolators are marked as P-219, which means they were originally intended to be sold as "Just/All White" percolators, but apparently the popularity of the pattern forced Corning to dip into their "Just/All White" back stock to produce more Floral Bouquet percolators
These 1st Edition Floral Bouquet saucepans featured a wrap around pattern of white flowers in "negative" due pale avocado outlining and gold linen textured background print. The matching percolator did not have a wrap around pattern, merely a portion of the design was set front and center.
As with all of Corning's Limited Edition Gift Lines these Floral Bouquet pieces were sold in specially designed boxes featuring a unique numbering system. Thus, though the piece itself may be marked as a P-1 3/4-B, the box, containing the dish, lid and candle warmer cradle, was labeled as P-520.
Now this is where it gets fun. Apparently, the gift line was a huge success, so Corning scrambled to add more pieces to the line.. Thus, in early 1970, more pieces were added, though not ALL had the floral pattern. A couple of coordinating solids were added to break up the busy-ness of the design, when it went to the table. After all, serve ware should compliment your table, not perpetrate a chaotic assault on your visual cortex.
Added to the original 3 pieces were the P-1 1/2-B with plastic trivet (
box P-510), along with a new option for the P-1 3/4; being the plastic trivet (
box P-515) instead of Family Buffet candle warmer (
box P-520). The solid complimentary colors were an Avocado P-2 1/2 with Candle Warmer (
box P-517) and a Butterscotch P-1 3/4, also with Candle Warmer (
box P-516).
1st Edition Floral Bouquet (
and coordinates) kicked off what would become a tradition for Corning's "Limited Edition Gift Lines"; the "special" lids. While Renaissance and Nature's Bounty both had pebble textured lids, the 1st Edition Floral Bouquet & Complimentary Colors had a ceramic knob that literally screwed down onto a threaded stump on the top of the lid.
These knobs matched the dish.
Floral Bouquet print pieces had white knobs (
to match the negative space flowers) the Butterscotch Party Buffet had a butterscotch knob and the Avocado Royal Buffet had an Avocado knob.
The lid sizes are equivalent to the standard sizes, but followed by an extra C in their model number. Thus, the P-1 1/2-B and P-1 3/4-B both have a P-7-CC sized lid and the P-2 1/2-B has a P-9-CC sized lid regardless of the knob color.
Though Floral Bouquet changed to the solid yellow background in late 1970 (
2nd edition) it appears that a few other pieces were produced in the 1st edition pattern before the change to the design was made The P-22-B Electromatic Skillet would be one of these pieces.
I also tracked down a P-80-EP Electromatic percolator... Alas, it was smashed during shipping because the seller did not properly pad the heating element inside..
To date, I have found no catalog information giving a date for the addition of these 2 pieces to the Gift Line.
Where is your Corning Ware??
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Production continued until 1972 with the release of the A-series model Corning Ware. 
