Columbus Hollow Ware No. 12 Skillet
The No. 12 is the largest skillet Columbus Hollow Ware ever produced — and with its documentation, the SSC five-piece matched set is complete. It also delivers the final data point in the "S" mark investigation that began when the No. 8 was first photographed: present on No. 8, absent on No. 9, present on No. 10, absent on No. 11, present on No. 12. Even sizes carry it. Odd sizes don't. That pattern — confirmed across five consecutive pieces from a single provenance — is now in the published collector record for the first time
Columbus Hollow Ware No. 11 Skillet
The No. 11 is a pan that makes a statement the moment you pick it up. At roughly 13 inches across the cooking surface, this is not an everyday skillet — it is a large-household pan, built for farmstead cooking and Sunday dinners for ten, and it survives in smaller numbers than any other size in the Columbus Hollow Ware line. This specimen is the second-largest piece in SSC's five-piece matched set, carries some of the crispest logo definition in the entire run, and stands as proof that "THE FAVORITE" was not a single-size curiosity but a complete line built for the full spectrum of American domestic life.
Columbus Hollow Ware No. 8 Skillet
One of the rarest marks in American cast iron — "THE FAVORITE" in arched capitals, cast inside the walls of the Ohio State Penitentiary. This Columbus Hollow Ware No. 8 skillet is part of a five-piece matched set acquired by SSC in 2026, representing one of the most comprehensive surviving collections of a foundry that operated for only twenty years and left no catalog, no corporate records, and no trace beyond the iron itself.