Wagner Ware Cast Iron Teapot
A small cast iron teapot incised on the bottom with the Wagner Ware stylized logo — WAGNER WARE / SIDNEY / -O- — and the pattern letter B came into the SSC collection via eBay in June 2026. The body is cast iron in a round, bulbous form with a short upturned spout, a separately cast domed lid fitted with a white porcelain knob secured by a rivet, and a wire bail handle whose center section is formed into a tight coil spring — a design intended to dissipate heat and allow the kettle to be safely lifted when hot. The stylized logo places this piece in the approximate window of 1922 to 1959, the years Wagner Manufacturing Co. used that trademark on its cast iron goods from Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. This post traces what the markings directly document about maker and period, explains the functional engineering behind the coil-spring bail handle, examines what the reference literature says about authentication, and sets out clearly what remains unresolved — including whether pieces like this were produced as traveling salesman samples, standard production small-size items, or toy and novelty pieces.
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.