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.
Wagner Ware No. 8 Chicken Fryer
The Wagner Ware No. 8 Chicken Fryer is one of the foundry's most recognizable specialty forms — deep sidewalls, self-basting dome lid, and the direct "CHICKEN FRYER / NO.8" base inscription that confirms Wagner attribution without a branded name. This pre-1924 example arrives complete with its original matching lid, an increasingly rare configuration in the collector market.
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.
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.