who made the national cast iron skillet

One of our FAVORITE skillets to work with, this one will be favorite of yours as well! Sleek handles and light weight make it a fantastic daily user, AND the quality and craftsman ship will be a great conversation starter hanging up for display. Highly recommended for collectors and home chefs alike. It sits flat and does not spin, has no cracks or issues beyond minor scratches that reflect its age. Restored using our electrolysis process and seasoned three times with our oil mix. We REALLY will hate to see this one go, but will be excited it go to a good home for the next hundred years.

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Cast And Clara Bell sells fully restored cast iron cookware, bakeware, dutch oven, griddles, sad irons, bailed griddles, gem pans, muffin pans, kettles, skillets, trivets, lids and much more! Brands like Griswold, Wagner, Sidney, WagnerWare, Wapak, Lodge, Favorite Piqua, Marietta, Orr and Painter, Erie, Griswolds Erie, Gate marked unknown, Birmingham Stove and Range, Vollrath, Chicago Hardware Foundry, CHF, Martin Stove and Range and Specialty pieces are organized into categories. We sell Collectors pieces, every day users and everything in between! Share Link

DISCLAIMER: We have prepared this piece to be ready to use or displayed in a collection. All pieces are vintage, and therefore are not in perfect condition. Their history of use means small marks and inconsistencies, including residual carbon, which we feel give them a special charm. All items are sold as is, and we have done our best to present them as such. Please review all pictures and ask for further clarification if needed. Thank you! – Cast & Clara Bell

Cast And Clara Bell sells fully restored cast iron cookware, bakeware, dutch oven, griddles, sad irons, bailed griddles, gem pans, muffin pans, kettles, skillets, trivets, lids and much more! Brands like Griswold, Wagner, Sidney, WagnerWare, Wapak, Lodge, Favorite Piqua, Marietta, Orr and Painter, Erie, Griswolds Erie, Gate marked unknown, Birmingham Stove and Range, Vollrath, Chicago Hardware Foundry, CHF, Martin Stove and Range and Specialty pieces are organized into categories. We sell Collectors pieces, every day users and everything in between! Share Link

One of our FAVORITE skillets to work with, this one will be favorite of yours as well! Sleek handles and light weight make it a fantastic daily user, AND the quality and craftsman ship will be a great conversation starter hanging up for display. Highly recommended for collectors and home chefs alike. It sits flat and does not spin, has no cracks or issues beyond minor scratches that reflect its age. Restored using our electrolysis process and seasoned three times with our oil mix. We REALLY will hate to see this one go, but will be excited it go to a good home for the next hundred years.

Made 1890s to 1940s. Likely chosen as a generic, patriotic name. Different designs vary in trademark placement or add the Wagner stylized logo, but with the exception of some rarely-seen smooth bottoms, all were of outside heat ring design. Seen in bare iron and nickel plate. Online sellers occasionally erroneously claim the National brand was a predecessor of Wagner, perhaps the result of confusion with an unrelated brand of steel skillets seen marked National. There is, however, evidence to suggest the National brand was acquired by Wagner in the purchase of the Sidney Hollowware foundry.

In addition to unmarked goods and store brands, several manufacturers produced economy brands. Using different names, limiting selection, and slightly reducing sizes allowed makers to offer pieces at a lower price point to a different consumer segment while lessening the chance of significantly diluting sales of their primary lines. Skillets were typically offered only in a small range of sizes, such as a 7, 8, and 9, and with their sidewalls a fraction of an inch shorter than normal. A #8 Victor by Griswold, for example, nests comfortably inside a #8 Griswold LBL with room to spare. Few if any items other than skillets were offered, an exception being a Victor waffle iron.

Produced between 1916 and 1934. Named for the native American tribe indigenous to Southwestern Ohio, the Miami. Of the four, the most ambitious in that they created a distinctive trademark logo, the word MIAMI inside a diamond outline. “Dual logo” pieces, also bearing the Favorite Piqua Ware “smiley” trademark were produced.

Produced from roughly 1890 to 1935. Source of the name is uncertain, but, although sometimes said to be inspired by early 20th century wartime patriotism, unlikely given the lines inception in the late 19th century. Made at different points in time either with just name, p/n, and size number, or with more elaborate inscriptions. Earliest examples have outside heat ring, evolving later to inset. Unusual among the economy brands in that the later, fully marked pieces include a size #5 and a #6, both highly valued as collectibles.

Curiously, in the cases of Miami, Victor, and National, there were for a time pieces produced bearing both of the names and/or trademarks of the main brand and the economy. Had Wapak survived past 1926, they might have done the same. These are referred to as “dual logo” pieces, or, in the case of Victor, as being “fully marked”.

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Who made the National cast iron skillet?

Wanger marketed the Nation brand as entry-level cookware for budget-conscious consumers. Wagner made the National line circa 1914 to 1940. This National cast-iron skillet was made by the Wagner Manufacturing Company. This skillet has large lettering in an arc. It was likely made between 1914-1930 Economy brand of Wagner Manufacturing Company.

Who made Sidney O cast iron skillet?

During this period, Wagner Manufacturing owned and operated the Sidney Hollowware Company. Sidney cast iron skillet made by Wagner after the Sidney Hollow Ware was sold to Wagner Manufacturing Company. Center straight logo circa 1897-1903 Antique Wagner Sidney O skillet.

Where were Sidney skillets made?

Not much is known about vintage Sidney skillets. However, many cast iron enthusiasts believe they were made in the Sidney Hollowware foundry. After the company was sold to Wagner Manufacturing. Straight Sidney Logo Circa 1897-1903. It’s hard to place an accurate date on when. Wagner produced these Sidney cast iron.

Who made a long life cast iron skillet?

Cast iron Long Life Skillet made by Wagner. This skillet was made in the 1930s. Wardway and Montgomery Ward. The Montgomery Ward Department store contracted Wagner Manufacturing Company to produce an in-store label. Circa the 1930s. This Wards cast iron skillet was made in the Wagner casting works in the 1930s.