Wagner No. 8 Gypsy Bean Pot
Wagner Specialty & Variant Collection, SSC Museum Collection, SSC Restoration, Bean Pots & Kettles, Museum Collection, Ohio Cast Iron, Sidney-Shelby County Ohio, Ohio Foundry Corridor, Wagner Ware, Sidney Ohio, Pre-1959 Cast Iron, Wagner Specialty & Variants Steve Thaman Wagner Specialty & Variant Collection, SSC Museum Collection, SSC Restoration, Bean Pots & Kettles, Museum Collection, Ohio Cast Iron, Sidney-Shelby County Ohio, Ohio Foundry Corridor, Wagner Ware, Sidney Ohio, Pre-1959 Cast Iron, Wagner Specialty & Variants Steve Thaman

Wagner No. 8 Gypsy Bean Pot

A heavily rusted Wagner No. 8 bean pot, restored via electrolysis, carries a plain arched WAGNER mark with no Sidney -O- text at all. That earliest Wagner logo style dates the piece to roughly 1891-1910, decades before the stylized logo most collectors know. Includes sourced maker history and an honest look at the gypsy kettle label.

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Wagner Ware Sidney ‑O‑ Nickel-Plated Double Skillet
Pre-1905 Collection, Ohio Cast Iron, Hollow Ware, SSC Museum Collection Steve Thaman Pre-1905 Collection, Ohio Cast Iron, Hollow Ware, SSC Museum Collection Steve Thaman

Wagner Ware Sidney ‑O‑ Nickel-Plated Double Skillet

Two words stop collectors in their tracks: PATENT PENDING. Most Wagner 1401-C double skillets carry issued patent numbers. This one doesn't — it was made while the application was still in Washington. Add a pristine original nickel cooking surface that has never been stripped, and the small round handle hole that confirms the early date independently. This is what the earliest Wagner double skillet looked like. Very few survived to tell that story in this condition.

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