Other interesting iron

Item 1219
Sold as found.

Interesting mold that appears to be chocolate, donuts or candy rings.  Appears to be cast aluminum with a iron hinge pin, but it could be tin.  Fairly heavy for the size.  3” 5/8 diameter.   Roughly 1” tall.  Hinged.  Not magnetic except at the pin.  Seems to be in excellent shape.  Looks like it could just be washed and used
Marked: with a number which is unreadable.  Three digits – maybe a 308 or something like that.

No cracks or chips.

$27.99 shipped.

As always we are happy to combine shipping, as well as take back pieces if you are not satisfied.  (Please see return policy)

Item 2065

Please note all pictures on our site are of the actual piece you will receive, not a stock photo of a similar piece. Additionally all our pieces unless marked otherwise are fully restored and seasoned. Just wash them and start cooking.

SOLD AS FOUND
This is a small wrought iron blacksmith made trivet/hot plate/grill with 1” 1/4 inch legs. that is probably high enough that you could throw a few coals beneath a piece and use it to cook – BUT I suspect it was really meant to be a hot plate/cooling rack for smaller pieces that just came off the hearth.

Measures 5” 1/2 x 5” 5/8. legs are approximately 1” 1/4 inches tall.

Sold as found

$32.99 shipped.

As always we are happy to take back pieces if you are not 100% satisfied. (Please see return policy)

Item 1079

Please note all our pieces unless marked otherwise are fully restored and seasoned.  Just wash them and start cooking.

This is the oldest cast iron mortar and pestle we’ve EVER run across.  This could be considerably earlier than stated above, but to be conservative these are very hard to date.  Piece was made from a 2-3 piece molding process, and hand aligned to put the whole thing together.  the base was not quite aligned right and you can see the cup sits off center on the base, which often happened with early American pouring.  Rudimentary ornamental design to the base (a decorative ring), crude casting with voids and flaws from the imprecision of sand casting using early casting methods.  Pestle is very basic.  Piece has some roughness and pitting.

No marks save for the sprues.

Pestle is 9” 3/4 long.  Mortar is 6” high,  6” 1/2 diameter.

Cleaned via lye method, hand buffed and seasoned with 3 layers of non-GMO canola oil.

No cracks, lip has flaws that could be chips or just molding flaws (based on the piece as a whole I’d lean towards that.  This piece could be used but really it’s a museum quality display piece which is how I’d use it.

$250 shipped

As always we are happy to combine shipping, as well as take back pieces if you are not satisfied.  (Please see return policy)

Item 1264

Please note all pictures on our site are of the actual piece you will receive, not a stock photo of a similar piece.  Additionally all our pieces unless marked otherwise are fully restored and seasoned.  Just wash them and start cooking.

This is a fairly uncommon piece.  You see the big ones for feeding pigs all the time, but the smaller ones tend to be harder to come by.   This is a Mountville Manufacturing Co. Feeder meant to be used for chickens and smaller animals.  It’s been cleaned, lead tested and seasoned.  It will be a great display piece or a great user for someone looking to convert it to a bread pan.  sprue marked.  Has supports to stop it from falling to a side Has a small drainage hole in the bottom, but that can easily be sealed if so desired.  Condition is very good – has some pouring flaws and some minor signs of age.

Marked: “Mountville M’F’G Co. PA” inside the trough.

23” 1/2 x 6” 1/2 x 3” 1/2 high.

Cleaned via lye method, hand buffed and seasoned with 3 layers of non-GMO canola oil.

No cracks, chips.  Iron is not finished like cookware.

$200 shipped

As always we are happy to combine shipping, as well as take back pieces if you are not satisfied.  (Please see return policy)

Item 2171

Way out of our usual baliwick, I have been using this trench art piece made from a cut down Imperial German WW I artillery shell casing to hold loose change on my desk for the past few years. Now I’m ready to part with it.

This is a shell made in 1915 at the Polte Magdeburg manufacturing center and after a lot of research I believe it was made for either the 10 cm K-99, or the 10 cm Kanone 04. Based on the shell’s manufacture date it probably was one of the earliest shells made for the Kanone 04. The 252 is the inspection marker on the shell, but I’m not sure about the 274 – and I suspect it was a batch number.

Marked: “274 Polte Magdeburg Oct 1915, sp252”

12 cm in diameter at the base and 11CM at the upper rim. Stands 3cm tall.

$60 shipped

As always we are happy to take back pieces if you are not 100% satisfied. (Please see return policy)

Item 2103

Please note all pictures on our site are of the actual piece you will receive, not a stock photo of a similar piece. Additionally all our pieces unless marked otherwise are fully restored and seasoned. Just wash them and start cooking.

These make great spoon rests.

Griswold made these ashtrays about 1936 and for a fairly short time. This one is a little rougher than some, as the interior is pitted from decades of use. The quality of casting on these can be a bit irregular compared to most Griswold ware and this one is actually pretty good, but this one has a very unusual mark which is either a unique casting mark or a very strange casting flaw. After a lot of examination I’m thinking that a Griswold worker marked this one for his own personal use and that the mark is a “C” which he pressed into the sand mold, which left the rough letter “C” you see in one of the only places a molder mark could have been added.

Markings: “Quality Ware 00” followed by the Griswold block logo, then “Erie PA. 570” and of course that mysterious “C” off at the 3 O’Clock position.

Size: 3” 3/4 diameter, 6” 3/4 overall

Cleaned lye method, hand buffed and seasoned with 3 layers of non-GMO canola oil

No cracks, or chips.

$19 shipped (Get a $5 shipping rebate when ordered with another larger piece that includes shipping)

As always we are happy to take back pieces if you are not 100% satisfied. (Please see return policy)