Skillets

Item 2299

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.

Museum quality historical iron. Made between 1820-1850 this piece is at least 160 years old and could be as old as 220 years old. this appears to be a transition piece – hanging so that it could be used over a hearth fire, but with a deep wide rim that would allow it to sit inside a stove eye on an early wooden stove. This is a deep skillet/kettle – bowl-like with a bottom gate. Has a blacksmith wrought bail, and New England style ears. Slightly rounded bottom with no legs. Not surprising due to the age (and casting method) there are some casting flaws and the exterior bottom shows light pitting from wood stove use. Very usable – but a real gem for display. Has a nice rim “7/8 wide around the outer edge.

Unmarked.

11” diameter

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

No cracks, chips. Not designed for stovetop use but for hanging or sitting in a stove eye. Cooking surface has casting flaws and tool marks.

$175 shipped

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

Item 2335

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 mysterious unmarked breakfast skillets turn up from time to time and cause some speculation about who really made them. While some do think these were made by Lodge, others just aren’t sure. Odds are they were made a store brand by a smaller foundry who sold them to a number of outlets who put a paper label on them. They are cool little pieces with absolutely no markings, and they are certainly less common than the Wagner and Griswold models. Cooking surface has the typical pebbled finish of breakfast griddles as the piece could not be polished the same way. There are some casting flaw visible here and a few tool marks, but nothing which should effect use. Tiny bit of wobble means this will not be good for a glass top stove but should be great on gas or coils. Not the best seasoning job (see the spot on the bottom) but that will fade away as the piece darkens.

Unmarked

8” 3/4 x 8” 3/4 plus the handle.

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

No cracks or chips. Tiny wobble when tested on a sheet of glass. Cooking surface is good, but pebbled to the touch and will only improve with use

$65 shipped

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

Item 2147

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.

Really a special one.  This was a very finely cast deeper spider skillet (skillet with legs) with the rounded bottom (posnet style) made before 1870.  Very usable but the piece does have some minor surface imperfections from both casting (voids) and a very light pitting. Bottom gated.  Pieces like this probably had tin lids, if they had any at all (although we do have one with an iron lid if you check out piece #1977).  Fancier handle shaped much like a duck bill, with a gentle groove on the top.  Stands on three legs.  Would be great for a Civil War re-enactor. 

Unmarked
  
8” 3/4 diameter (excluding handle)

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

No cracks, chips.  Cooking surface has some roughness due to casting flaws and light pitting, but most of this will smooth over quickly with use.

$135 shipped

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

DISPLAY PIECE.

A display piece that will look great in any kitchen. This is an old spider skillet which was made for hearth or fireside cooking.  It looks primitive and is not suitable for using without a repair so it has been made ready for display.  Sits on three triangular legs.  Gate marked on the bottom.  We are calling this a display piece because of a small (slightly larger than a pinhole) hole in one wall.

9” 7/8 diameter, 5” 1/4 tall.  Handle is 7 long.

Cleaned via electrolysis and painted to prevent rust for display.

$45.99 shipped

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Item 2253

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.

I don’t know a lot about Findlay except that they were in business for over a century making iron in Carleton Place Ontario. I don’t find a large amount of Canadian iron and I’ve never found a #6 skillet by this company. This one doe not sit flat as it has a good center bow. Still it’s an awfully pretty skillet with interesting markings – you might call them ghosts from a previous pattern. I can only making out a DD and a few other letters. Beautiful stone polished interior with great polishing marks. Almost glassy to the touch and will get there with just a little use.

Marked: “Findlay Carelton Place Ont No6” on the bottom of the pan.

9” diameter

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

No cracks, chips. Big wobble when tested on a sheet of glass. Cooking surface is almost glassy, and looks unused. Should become glassy smooth with use.

$75 shipped

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

Item 2167

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.

If this had not been in rough shape when we found it we would have left it alone and sold it as is, but due to condition it made sense to restore this piece in order to preserve it.  After restoration this is a piece that is museum quality and would be great displayed in a historical setting.

A real collector piece this is a serious bit of old historical iron.  Made between 1820-1850 this piece is at least 160 years old and could be as old as 220 years old.  Designed for use over open fire this hanging skillet/kettle is bowl-like and cast using the flask casting method with a bottom gate.  Has a blacksmith wrought bail, and New England style ears.   Has three stub pads for stability for when set on a table. Not surprising due to the age (and casting method) there are some casting flaws and some light pitting on the piece.  While this piece can be used, and the flaws are fairly minor it really should be preserved as a display piece of historical interest.  Has a nice rim around the bow.

Unmarked.

10” 1/2 diameter (Excluding the ears)

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

No cracks, chips. Not designed for stovetop use but for hanging.  Cooking surface has casting flaws and pitting.  While it could be used this one is best kept as a display piece, or non cooking piece for historical reasons.

$175 shipped

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