Makers

• Griswold Skillet Logo Identification and DatesIdentify a Griswold cast iron skillet by its logo: ERIE, slant logo, large block and small block, with the date range each source gives, pattern numbers and signs of reproductions.
• Vintage Lodge Skillet Identification: Notches and DatesIdentify a vintage Lodge cast iron skillet. Most carry no name: learn the single-notch and three-notch heat rings, size number positions and the dates they indicate.
• Wagner Ware Skillet Identification and DatesIdentify a Wagner or Wagner Ware cast iron skillet by its trademark: block, arc, Sidney O., stylized logo and pie logo, with date ranges, catalog numbers and unmarked Wagner.

Other makers, including Birmingham Stove & Range, Vollrath and Chicago Hardware Foundry, are in the reference library.