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.
Wagner Ware Sidney -O- Round Griddle No. 1109 D
The round griddle is cast iron at its most fundamental — a flat surface over fire. Wagner's 1109 D carries the stylized logo from the company's peak era, and pairs with an early-mark No. 8 to show that the best designs don't change. Only the trademark evolves. The iron stays the same.
“WAGNER” Sidney, O. No. 8 Round Griddle
The griddle is the most honest tool in the kitchen — all surface, no pretense. This one carries the early "WAGNER" mark with quotation marks, dating it to the era when the Wagner brothers ran the Sidney foundry themselves. A century later, the iron is still flat, still smooth, still ready.
Wagner Ware Sidney -O- Bacon and Egg Breakfast Skillet
Everyone has dealt with bacon grease flooding into eggs. Wagner's answer was to cast the solution into the iron — a square divided pan with separate compartments for bacon and eggs, one burner, one wash. The most immediately charming piece in the SSC collection.
Wagner Ware Sidney -O- No. 3 Nickel-Plated Skillet
Most nickel-plated Wagners survive with sixty or seventy percent of their plating. This No. 3 retains ninety percent or more. Nearly perfect nickel patina on a piece this old is genuinely unusual — and at $19.95, it slipped through the cracks because nobody was looking for a little No. 3
Wagner Ware Sidney -O- No. 7 Cast Iron Skillet
Everyone has a Wagner No. 8. The No. 7 is the size that a knowledgeable cook chose on purpose — a 9¼-inch sauté skillet that heats faster, concentrates fond better, and handles with one hand. It wasn't the best seller. It was the better skillet.
“WAGNER” Sidney, O. No. 9 Nickel-Plated Skillet
The quotation marks around "WAGNER" tell you this is early Sidney iron — before the stylized logo, before the Randall sale, from the era when the Wagner brothers ran the foundry themselves. The warm golden-silver nickel patina tells you every owner for a century knew to leave it alone.
Wagner Ware Sidney -O- No. 4 Nickel-Plated Skillet
Not every Wagner left Sidney looking the same. This No. 4 carried the premium option — factory nickel plating that turned a workhorse skillet into a showpiece. A century later, the plating survives because every owner had the wisdom to leave it alone. SSC will continue that tradition.
Wagner Ware Sidney -O- No. 7 Cast Iron Saucepan
The Archival Black protocol isn't "never touch." It's "know when to touch and when not to." This Wagner Ware No. 7 saucepan was restored by SSC because restoration served the piece — the same philosophy that keeps the 1863 Shinnick kettle untouched.