Favorite Piqua Ware No. 8A Skillet — Smiley / Miami Dual Logo

The No. 8 is where every Favorite Piqua Ware collection begins — the workhorse size, the most produced, the most familiar. This one carries something the standard No. 8A doesn't: the dual-logo configuration, with the Smiley cartouche above and the Miami diamond below, both cast on the same base. Acquired as a provenance-linked pair with the companion No. 7, it confirms that the dual marking crossed at least two sizes from the same foundry period. It also surfaces a detail the No. 7 alone couldn't reveal: the Miami diamond frame on this No. 8A is single-outline, while the No. 7's is double — a variation that raises questions the iron documents but doesn't yet answer.