Cast Iron Cookware

Item 1322

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Nice bacon press with image of a pig and wooden handle.  Probably 1970s.  Fully restored and ready for use.  Made in Taiwan

Marked: “Taiwan 4″

7” 1/8 x 4” 3/8.   4” tall.

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

No cracks, chips.

$25 shipped but get a $7.50 shipping rebate with another piece that includes shipping.

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

Item 1971

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Collector grade! This one is a bit of a mystery, I’m not sure if this was sprue marked, bottom gated, or side gated.  Based on the style, I’d lean towards this being a 1870-1910 piece, and it has marks that look like, a sprue, a side gate, and under a bright light even a bottom gate.  Thus I’m basing the age on design and bail material (which says it was made after 1865 to possibly as late as 1920).  Really nicely designed and beautifully cast.  Spectacular polishing marks, New England style ears, and heat ring.  Almost glassy to the touch cooking surface – which isn’t quite perfect due to casting flaws, including  pour line where the mold wasn’t perfect and tiny casting voids (almost looks like very superficial pinpoint pitting).   Center of the griddle like many that were cast this thin shows a downward bow which could not be polished away.  Bottom shows some broad shallow pitting from use over a wood stove.  Edges show grind marks where the foundry removed flash, or a side gate.  Remarkable for the age.

Marked: Has a raised number 14 about 1/2” high.

13” 3/4 diameter (excluding ears)

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

No cracks or chips, and no movement when you rock it from the center.  From the edge you can get a tiny bit of movement BUT that’s due to the center of gravity on a piece this wide and this old.  There are some imperfections on the edge which you can see look a tiny bit like gate marks but it probably was from being touched up at the factory before it was sent out (see photo).  the center also has a bit of a bow, but that’s very common on pieces of this age, or even of this width.  This will be a glassy, top flight user after just a handful of uses.  This one is an absolute amazing example of an 19th century griddle

$135 shipped

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Item 1460
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Amazing collector piece – the type you’d see in a museum.  This is a baking kettle probably from Pennsylvania made for the baking of brown bread.  Ears and style say this piece dates to no later than 1820.  Bottom gated and has a hand wrought iron bail.   This is as a great display piece but if you wanted to you could bring it back to usable.   8” 3/4 diameter at the lip and about 5” 1/2 deep interior   Interior of the bowl has some pitting, casting voids and flaws.  But that is not atypical for the age.  A real WOW!  piece.

No markings

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

No cracks, chips.  Bottom gated so would wobble if you tested it on glass.  Primitive interior with flaws and some pitting.

$175 shipped

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Item 1665
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Fully marked.  Made by Barstow Stove Co of Providence, RI.  It’s the first Barstow scotch bowl I’ve ever found, so I was sad to see a hairline crack high on the wall of this.  That said, it’s still very usable and the crack should not effect use, but I’d still make it a display piece (and a really cool one for anyone who likes Barstow or RI made iron).  Certainly a flask cast piece this one seems to have been made with a hand laid loam pattern as you can see hundreds of small layers where the loam/clay was laid.  it Aslo features tiny legs, rather than a heat ring.  Between this and the bail (which is hand wrought iron) this is probably the oldest Barstow pieces you are likely to ever see.

Cooking surface is very good but shows casting flaws and some roughness where rust was removed.  Bottom shows some sulfur pitting from use over a wood stove.  New England style ears.

Marked: “Barstow Stove Co. Prov. R.I. 2” on the bottom;

9” 1/4 diameter, ~3” 1/4 tall, plus legs which add about 1/4” more of height

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

No chips, or wobble when tested on a sheet of glass but does have a ~1” long hairline crack high in the wall.   Cooking surface is mostly smooth but has casting flaws and some rough spots.  Should smooth over and fill in with use.  Will only get better.

$55 shipped

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Item 2124

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UNRESTORED.  Sold as found.  Clean enough that I think it could easily be used.

Massive coffee grinder, with a little history to it. This one was given (well sold to me by an old family friend who is in her 70s and was given this by her grandmother.  It came over with them from England.   Beatrice, from what I can tell was an early contemporary of Sprong (another big grinder seller c. 1850), and this coffee mill certainly dates from between 1852-1880 making it at least 135 years old and possibly as old as 200 years (based on the British registered design system which was updated in 1852).  Personally from similar grinders sold at the time – specifically the Sprong I think this is probably c. 1840-1860.

This is a massive grinder – the largest size made at the time and it is designed to be wall or counter mounted.  Mechanism turns smoothly and looks remarkably clean, adjusting mechanism moves freely.  Hopper is enameled   and has some spots where the enamel has worn away.  Much of the original paint/japanning has worn away but you can still see traces of gilding on the front.

Marked: on the front  “No. 4 Beatrice” on the front and “Rd No 537362 Made in England 4 A/1” on the back.
 
14” long (excluding the clamp screw which adds 3”) frame, 10” handle, 8” wide, depth (with handle) is about 10” 1/2
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Unrestored.  Sold as found.

$125 shipped (it is very large and heavy)

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Item 2054
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The Betty Washington line seems to be a 1920s-1930s brand and is surprisingly well cast for a toy line. This one is actually nice and would be perfect for serving salt/pepper, melted butter, or even nuts and candy. It’s been cleaned, seasoned and lead tested to be sure it is food safe. So go wild and use it! Three legged camp oven style.

Marked: “6 Betty Washington dutch oven” followed by Atlanta GA

3” 1/8 diameter 1” 1/2 high.

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

No cracks, chips, bow or wobble when tested on a sheet of glass. Cooking surface is good.

$17.50 shipped (get a $5 rebate when purchased with another piece that includes shipping)

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