Wagner Ware No. 8 Round Roaster
Wagner Ware, Wagner Specialty & Variants, Ohio Foundry Heritage, Ohio Foundry Corridor, Specialty Cookware, Cast Iron Lids and Sets, Pre-1959 Cast Iron, Sidney Ohio, Patent History Steve Thaman Wagner Ware, Wagner Specialty & Variants, Ohio Foundry Heritage, Ohio Foundry Corridor, Specialty Cookware, Cast Iron Lids and Sets, Pre-1959 Cast Iron, Sidney Ohio, Patent History Steve Thaman

Wagner Ware No. 8 Round Roaster

Four United States patents. Five years of engineering. All of it cast into the iron of a single lid. The Wagner Ware No. 8 Round Roaster with Drip Drop Baster lid is one of the most precisely dateable artifacts in the SSC collection — a complete, pre-catalog-number piece from the narrow 1922–1924 window that documents Wagner's most important technological innovation in its original, fully evolved form.

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Wagner Ware Krusty Korn Kobs Junior Cornbread Pan — Pattern 1319
Wagner Specialty & Variants, Ohio Foundry Corridor, Wagner Ware, SSC Museum Collection Steve Thaman Wagner Specialty & Variants, Ohio Foundry Corridor, Wagner Ware, SSC Museum Collection Steve Thaman

Wagner Ware Krusty Korn Kobs Junior Cornbread Pan — Pattern 1319

Seven corn cob cavities. A patent date of July 6, 1920. The full Wagner Ware Sidney-O mark, the registered Krusty Korn Kobs trade name, and pattern 1319 — all cast into the base of a single pan. Wagner's signature corn stick design in the Junior configuration, with every kernel row sharp and the seasoning intact. Acquired from a Goodwill auction for $7.99. The iron remembers what it's worth even when the market doesn't.

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Wagner Cast Iron Bean PotStove Ring Kettle — Size 8
Wagner Specialty & Variants, Ohio Foundry Corridor, Wagner Ware, Pre-1905 Collection, SSC Museum Collection Steve Thaman Wagner Specialty & Variants, Ohio Foundry Corridor, Wagner Ware, Pre-1905 Collection, SSC Museum Collection Steve Thaman

Wagner Cast Iron Bean PotStove Ring Kettle — Size 8

A Wagner No. 8 cast iron bean pot from the early arc mark period — before WAGNER WARE, before Sidney-O, before catalog numbers. The arc WAGNER mark with decorative flourishes, three cast leg feet, original wire bail handle, and the stove ring flange that locked it into a wood or coal stove eye for the long slow cook that fed American families in the foundry's earliest years. The oldest Wagner mark configuration in the SSC collection.

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