Identification guides

• How to Identify a Vintage Cast Iron SkilletLearn how to read skillet logos and size numbers, compare heat rings and handles, and photograph the clues that help identify an old cast iron pan.
• What Do the Numbers on a Cast Iron Skillet Mean?How to tell size numbers, pattern numbers, catalog numbers, pattern letters and molder's marks apart on a vintage cast iron skillet.
• Cast Iron Heat Rings and Notches: What They Tell YouHow to read the heat ring on a cast iron skillet: inset or outside rings, one notch or three, and which makers and decades each pattern points to.
• How to Identify Unmarked Cast Iron SkilletsNarrow down an unmarked cast iron skillet using the heat ring, notches, size number position, handle and pour spouts, with the makers each clue points to.