Wagner Manufacturing Company — No. 8 Cast Iron Waffle Iron (High Base, Wood Handles)
Ohio Foundry Collection, Pre-1905 Collection, Wagner Ware Collection, Museum Collection Steve Thaman Ohio Foundry Collection, Pre-1905 Collection, Wagner Ware Collection, Museum Collection Steve Thaman

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.

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Wagner Manufacturing Company — No. 8 Cast Iron Waffle Iron (Low Base)
Ohio Foundry Collection, Pre-1905 Collection, Wagner Ware Collection, Museum Collection Steve Thaman Ohio Foundry Collection, Pre-1905 Collection, Wagner Ware Collection, Museum Collection Steve Thaman

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.

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