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.