Skillet Marks

Example result

This is what you get after entering clues. The example is a smooth-bottomed No. 8 skillet with a small cross logo in block letters, the wording GRISWOLD / ERIE, PA., U.S.A. and the number 704.

Most likely: Griswold — Small block logo

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Most likely

Griswold: Small block logo

Collector reference

1239handle at 6

Date range: 1939–1957

Supports this

  • Wording includes GRISWOLD, ERIE, PA
  • Logo shape: cross inside a double circle
  • Lettering of the maker name: upright block letters
  • Logo size compared with the base: small: a modest mark
  • Raised ring on the base: none: smooth, flat base
  • Longer number elsewhere on the base: 704

A smaller, lighter logo without CAST IRON SKILLET. Smooth bottom, except sizes 12 and up, which kept a heat ring. Handles changed twice in this period (early, late, and late grooved).

Easily confused: The large block logo is bolder and fills more of the base.

Sources: The Cast Iron Collector: Griswold trademarks · The Cast Iron Collector: Evolution of the Griswold skillet

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Griswold: Large block logo

Collector reference

1239handle at 6

Date range: about 1920–1940 sources differ

Supports this

  • Wording includes GRISWOLD, ERIE, PA, USA
  • Logo shape: cross inside a double circle
  • Lettering of the maker name: upright block letters
  • Raised ring on the base: none: smooth, flat base
  • Longer number elsewhere on the base: 704

Does not fit

  • Logo size compared with the base: small: a modest mark

Bold upright block lettering in the cross logo, often with CAST IRON SKILLET. Found with a heat ring or a smooth bottom.

Easily confused: The small block logo is noticeably smaller and lighter, and drops CAST IRON SKILLET.

Sources: The Cast Iron Collector: Griswold trademarks · The Cast Iron Collector: Evolution of the Griswold skillet

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Griswold: Slant logo, "ERIE, PA., U.S.A."

Collector reference

1239handle at 6

Date range: about 1906–1929 sources differ

Supports this

  • Wording includes GRISWOLD, ERIE, PA, USA
  • Logo shape: cross inside a double circle
  • Raised ring on the base: none: smooth, flat base
  • Longer number elsewhere on the base: 704

Does not fit

  • Lettering of the maker name: upright block letters

Usually has an inset heat ring. A few smooth-bottom sizes exist and their dating is unsettled: one guide gives 1939–1944, others 1916–1924.

Sources: The Cast Iron Collector: Griswold trademarks · The Cast Iron Collector: Evolution of the Griswold skillet

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