2 pieces for me to put in here. One is a Griswold that came from my Grandmother via my aunt to me. Looks like it was made between 1930 and 1939, so not sure if it was bought by my Grandmother (who turned 20 in 1939) or my Great Grandmother. Guess I only took a pic of the bottom while I was looking it up.
The other piece is one my wife got from her Grandmother. Its a cast iron cornbread pan. Forgive the condition, we're in the process of getting it cleaned off and re-seasoned. The only markings I can see are the 8 and a smaller 2 above it. Anybody have any idea who made this and when?
At first i thought you had a Lodge cornbread skillet because of the hole in the middle. They differ from the BSR ones in that the lodge has a hole in the middle. After closer inspection I believe rickgregory to be correct, Those numbers at the 12 o’clock and 6 o’clock look very Wagner.
---Walking back my comment since I am no expert.
I thought Wagner tended to have a triangle or thickness where the handle meets the pan, but there are so many variations between Lodge and Wagner, I can't tell.
--Ok just found a collector page that states Lodge has the center hole.
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The Large Block Griswold was a 1930-1939 casting. After 1939, Griswold went to the "small logo" for their pans. This was the first series of skillets that did not have a heat ring. Griswold was slowly phasing out the heat ring as electric stoves became more common place. Coal/wood fired stoves had the heat ring pans sold with them to accommodate the stove top. The "704" marking relates to the series number of the pan. This number is not specific to the size of the pan (No.8) but rather the series these pans would be sold with. In addition to the range that would have been paired with them as well. Griswold did make block letter pans with heat rings as well but mostly for commercial proposes. Like the very rare NO. 11 Hotel Skillet, series 717.
As for the corn bread pan...... this is a pre-1960's Lodge pan. Lodge actually made them with a hole clean through way back in the day. They have gone back and forth with the hole in the center a few times.
You can always tell a Lodge pan ins pre 1960's when they do not have "MADE IN USA" stamped on them. That was added when the US market was flooded with cheap, Chinese knock offs.
Wagner did make a corn bread pan as well, but the hole was solid and they were marked by the brand. The edges on the Wagner pan were also more square on the bottom, as opposed to rounded like you see here with the Lodge.
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