Columbus Hollow Ware No. 8 Skillet
Ohio Foundry Corridor, Pre-1905 Collection, Columbus Hollow Ware, Cast Iron Skillets, Museum Collection Steve Thaman Ohio Foundry Corridor, Pre-1905 Collection, Columbus Hollow Ware, Cast Iron Skillets, Museum Collection Steve Thaman

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.

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