W.C. Davis & Co. Cast Iron Waffle Iron with Low Base
SSC Museum Collection, Pre-1905 Collection, Cast Iron Kitchen & Hollow Ware, Marked Pieces, Cincinnati Iron Trade Steve Thaman SSC Museum Collection, Pre-1905 Collection, Cast Iron Kitchen & Hollow Ware, Marked Pieces, Cincinnati Iron Trade Steve Thaman

W.C. Davis & Co. Cast Iron Waffle Iron with Low Base

A complete W.C. Davis & Co. cast iron waffle iron with original low base — both paddles, both handles, functioning hinge, original base — marked W.C. DAVIS & CO / CINCINNATI O and dating to the firm's active name period of 1842 to 1880. W.C. Davis & Co. is the Cincinnati foundry from which Favorite Piqua Ware descended. This iron predates all of it. The only other W.C. Davis waffle iron documented in the public collector record had a broken hinge and no base. This is very likely the finest known surviving example.

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The Shinnick, Woodside & Gibbons No. 3 Cast Iron Kettle
Ohio Foundry Collection, Pre-1905 Collection, Zanesville Foundries, Museum Collection Steve Thaman Ohio Foundry Collection, Pre-1905 Collection, Zanesville Foundries, Museum Collection Steve Thaman

The Shinnick, Woodside & Gibbons No. 3 Cast Iron Kettle

The SSC Crown Jewel is a Shinnick, Hattan & Co. No. 9 kettle dated June 23, 1863 — a Civil War-era piece from Zanesville, Ohio. This No. 3 kettle, marked "SHINNICK, WOODSIDE & GIBBONS" and "ZANESVILLE, O." on the lid, documents a later partnership at the same foundry. Same city. Same family name. Different partners. Different decade. Two kettles that together span the arc of a Zanesville foundry dynasty whose family also founded the Mosaic Tile Company and established the largest benefaction in Muskingum County history. Acquired from eBay seller buyandselltechworld, March 2026.

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