That porcelain electric is beautiful, and I never knew about the Corning pots that didn't look like other Corningware (I have the famous blue cornflower one). When you say genuine Corning cord Gary, is it that one with the funky connection like they used on some of these blue Cornflower ones? Mine uses the regular cords, but I've seen the other one too.
There's one West Bend I like that has a cord almost like an electric frypan cord, with that little piece of metal that sticks out, and the ready light is on the cord rather than the pot. That one I'd save for special days, since I find the cords are "shot" after a few years' use, at least on the Farberware like Toggle's that I use most of the time. In fact one nearly sent me flying across the kitchen a few years back; must have been some kind of short or something inside the cord.
Dip-it does a beautiful job of cleaning percolators too. It's getting harder and harder to find, and last time I bought it online, but it's a great product.