• Bridgeport Connecticut Holiday Ornament, Flying Pie Tin, Crystal Glass Ornament Hanging on a Christmas Tree
  • Bridgeport Connecticut Holiday Ornament, Flying Pie Tin, Crystal Glass Ornament Hanging on White
  • Bridgeport Connecticut Holiday Ornament, Flying Pie Tin, Crystal Glass Ornament in Gold Gift Box
  • Bridgeport Connecticut Holiday Ornament, Flying Pie Tin, Crystal Glass Ornament in White Gift Box
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Bridgeport Connecticut Holiday Ornament - Flying Pie Tin

Bridgeport Connecticut Holiday Ornament - Flying Pie Tin

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A pie tin caught mid-flight, stamped FRISBIE PIES. Bridgeport invented the flying disc by accident, one empty tin at a time.

The Frisbie Pie Company baked on Kossuth Street from 1871 to 1958, and its pies went out in tins stamped with the family name. College students across Connecticut discovered the empty tins flew beautifully and shouted the name as a warning. When a California toy company made a plastic version in the 1950s, it borrowed the name off the tin.

The bakery is gone, but the tins still turn up at tag sales and in collectors' cabinets, and Bridgeport still tells the story with a straight face. A pie tin is the most famous thing the city ever threw.

Every town wants to have invented something. Bridgeport's invention was a game, which is better. The red stamp is the one touch of color on the glass.

The Frisbie Pie Company baked in Bridgeport for nearly ninety years, and the empty Frisbie pie tin is where the flying-disc game began. It is one of the great Connecticut inventions nobody planned. This Bridgeport ornament puts the pie tin on the glass, a piece of Bridgeport history for the tree.

Every Bridgeport ornament ships ready to give. Hang it on the tree, in a window, off a lamp, or send one to the person who misses Bridgeport most.

3-inch faceted crystal glass ornament, white-backed print, line-drawn in 1880s engraving style, your choice of white or gold gift box.


QUICK FACTS — BRIDGEPORT CT CRYSTAL ORNAMENT — FLYING PIE TIN

Town: Bridgeport, Connecticut

Founded: Settled 1639; city 1836

Known for: The Park City; P.T. Barnum’s Seaside Park and museum; birthplace of the Frisbee; Connecticut’s largest city

Art: Flying Pie Tin, original Merlin Classics engraving

Blank: 3-inch (76 mm) round clear crystal glass ornament, faceted gem-cut edge

Print: white-backed for contrast; red ribbon hanger

Packaging: white or gold gift box, chosen at checkout

Made to order in the USA



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Every item is made to order, so please check the size chart on this page before you buy. Women's fitted tees run small; size up for a looser fit. Caps are one size with an adjustable strap.

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We make each item to order using premium blanks, embroidery and soft-hand prints. Production takes 2-5 business days (weekends and holidays excluded), then 4-10 days in transit via USPS, UPS or FedEx to U.S. addresses; most orders arrive within 6-15 business days. You'll get a tracking link the moment it ships. Any current shipping offer is shown in the bar at the top of every page and applies automatically at checkout, no code needed.

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Apparel: wash cold, inside out, with like colors; no bleach; tumble dry low or hang dry. Embroidered pieces: iron inside out to protect the stitching. Caps: spot clean. Printed glasses and water bottles: hand wash only, no dishwasher, so the artwork lasts. Mugs and engraved glasses are dishwasher safe. Any item-specific care notes are in the description above.

Who makes this?

Merlin Classics is a small Connecticut brand making original retro designs for the towns people love. Every piece is printed, embroidered or engraved to order in the USA, and the business supports hunger relief in the communities our collections celebrate.

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What the city built in those years reads like a roll call of American industry. Singer made sewing machines here; the Bridgeport milling machine became a fixture of machine shops everywhere; Warner, Crane, Underwood, and others ran great plants along the water. Two smaller firsts left an outsized mark — the Frisbie Pie Company, whose empty tins students learned to sail through the air, gave the world the flying disc, and in 1965 the very first Subway sandwich shop opened on a Bridgeport corner. A city of machinists and inventors, Bridgeport had a knack for sending its ideas out into the world.

Today Bridgeport is Connecticut's largest and most diverse city, a working harbor town finding new life in its old brick mills and along its public shore. Its days mix park afternoons and zoo mornings with the rhythm of a place that has always made and remade itself, all facing the same Sound the oyster boats once worked. Our Bridgeport designs gather that into wearable form. Wear the history. The Park City still faces the water.

Why People Visit Bridgeport

Bridgeport balances big-city history with shoreline ease. Visitors pair the Barnum story and the downtown blocks with park afternoons, a morning at the zoo, and a ferry ride across the Sound. It is varied, historic, and coastal, with year-round appeal in its parks, paths, and public waterfront. History and everyday culture sit side by side here in a welcoming way.

Bridgeport Connecticut Merlin Classics retro logo — Connecticut oyster, Connecticut Est. 1636