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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