Wagner Ware Sidney ‑O‑ Nickel-Plated Double Skillet
Pre-1905 Collection, Ohio Cast Iron, Hollow Ware, SSC Museum Collection Steve Thaman Pre-1905 Collection, Ohio Cast Iron, Hollow Ware, SSC Museum Collection Steve Thaman

Wagner Ware Sidney ‑O‑ Nickel-Plated Double Skillet

Two words stop collectors in their tracks: PATENT PENDING. Most Wagner 1401-C double skillets carry issued patent numbers. This one doesn't — it was made while the application was still in Washington. Add a pristine original nickel cooking surface that has never been stripped, and the small round handle hole that confirms the early date independently. This is what the earliest Wagner double skillet looked like. Very few survived to tell that story in this condition.

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Wagner Ware No. 8 Chicken Fryer
Wagner Ware, Wagner Specialty & Variants, Ohio Foundry Heritage, Specialty Cookware, Cast Iron Lids and Sets, Pre-1959 Cast Iron, Sidney Ohio Steve Thaman Wagner Ware, Wagner Specialty & Variants, Ohio Foundry Heritage, Specialty Cookware, Cast Iron Lids and Sets, Pre-1959 Cast Iron, Sidney Ohio Steve Thaman

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.

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