Wagner Manufacturing Company — Square Cast Iron Waffle Iron (Tall Enclosed Base)
This square Wagner waffle iron with its tall enclosed box base is the flagship of three founding-era Wagner waffle irons in the SSC collection — all carrying the same July 26, 1892 patent date, all made in Sidney, Ohio. Where the round low-base was the entry model and the round high-base with wood handles was the premium, this square tall-base was the top of the line: the most iron, the most engineering, and the most thermally sophisticated design Wagner off
Wagner Manufacturing Company — No. 8 Cast Iron Waffle Iron (High Base, Wood Handles)
This is the premium variant of Wagner's founding-era waffle iron — a No. 8 with a high pedestal base, original turned wood handles on both paddles, and a wire bail on the base frame. The full patent date — July 26, 1892 — places this piece less than a year after the Wagner Manufacturing Company's founding in Sidney, Ohio. Together with the SSC's low-base variant, this high-base model documents Wagner's product-line strategy from the company's very first year. Acquired from eBay seller heatherirene001, October 2025.
Wagner Manufacturing Company — No. 8 Cast Iron Waffle Iron (Low Base)
The Wagner Manufacturing Company was barely a year old when it received the patent stamped into this waffle iron. Founded in 1891 in Sidney, Ohio, Wagner secured its July 1892 waffle iron patent within the company's first full year of operations — making this No. 8 low-base waffle iron with original wood handle a founding-era artifact from one of America's most important cast iron manufacturers. Marked "WAGNER MFG. CO. SIDNEY. O." with "PAT. JULY 1892." Acquired from eBay seller lori132, October 2025.
A.G. Patton — Cast Iron Tea Kettle
This gate-marked cast iron tea kettle bears the full-name maker's mark "A.G. PATTON / COLUMBUS, O." on its lid — identifying not a corporation but the man who ran Columbus's Patton Manufacturing Company from 1874 to 1900. The gate mark on the bottom dates the piece to before approximately 1890. Patton later acquired the Columbus Hollow Ware Company naming rights in 1897, connecting this kettle to the broader Favorite Corporate Lineage. Original patina preserved. Acquired from eBay seller riferg_23, March 2026.
Prase — Coal-Heated Cast Iron Clothes Iron
This coal-heated charcoal box iron bears the name "PRASE" cast in raised letters with "CINCINNATI" and "OHIO" on the opposite side, and "PAT'D AUG 14 1888" on the rear near the ventilation openings. The adjustable dampers still open and close as designed. Prase does not appear in any cast iron collector database — making this iron possibly the only surviving evidence the company existed. A German immigrant foundry in Cincinnati's booming Over-the-Rhine industrial economy. Preserved in original as-found patina. Acquired from eBay seller tsp8ntball5hnf, March 2026.