Antique Cast-Iron Cookware

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If you like to cook, you'll enjoy the cast-iron cookware we found at the Alameda Point Collectors Faire. Two of the most popular makers are Griswold and Wagner. We'll tell you how to identify their markings.

These cast-iron skillets are between 30 and 100 years old and have been expertly reconditioned.

This one is over 70 years old and is very smooth.

Cast-iron cookware must be seasoned before it is used. To season the pan, coat it with oil and bake on a low heat for an hour.

There were two major manufacturers of these iron skillets--one was Griswald, the other Wagner. The pans were numbered on the bottom to identify the size.

This pan is unusual because it has feet.

This is a skillet made by Wagner. You could heat three things at once. It sells for $22.

This skillet is probably well over 100 years old. The patent date is 1879.

Skillets made prior to 1910 have a gate mark on them.

This Dutch oven from the 1930s sells for $65.

The most unusual piece is a hinged pancake griddle from 1878, priced at $145. It's very rare.

Resources
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Alameda Point Antiques & Collectibles Faire
Website: antiquesbybay.com/
Guests
Eldon Simons
Dealer
Phone: 510-278-0351
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Flea Market Finds With The Kovels : Episode FMF-308
•	Doll Heads
•	Dollhouse Furniture
•	Old Cookbooks
•	Antique Cast-Iron Cookware
•	Movie Posters
•	Gary Cooper Scrapbooks
•	Roy Rogers Collectibles
•	Hull Pottery
•	Seltzer Bottles
•	What's It?!?

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