Favorite Piqua Ware No. 7 Skillet

A museum-quality study of a Favorite Piqua Ware No. 7 Smiley Logo skillet featuring a rare double dot molder's mark — a foundry worker's personal signature pressed into the sand mold before the iron was poured. Includes original research on molder's marks, piecework payment systems, and the human labor behind American cast iron manufacturing.