Wagner Ware Sidney “-O-” No. 14 Cast Iron Skillet — Pattern 1064 (Heat Ring)

SSC-WAG-SKL-14-1064-001

Executive Summary

This Wagner Ware Sidney “-O-” No. 14 skillet (pattern 1064) represents Wagner’s large-format skillet production from the Sidney “-O-” era. The skillet retains a heat ring and a machine-finished cooking surface, with visible circular machining marks consistent with factory finishing practices. The piece is documented as structurally sound and unaltered.

Quick Reference Specs

  • Object Name: Skillet

  • Classification: Culinary Implements → Cookware → Skillet

  • Manufacturer: Wagner Manufacturing Company (Wagner Ware)

  • Trademark / Marking: “WAGNER WARE SIDNEY -O-” (underside)

  • Size Designation: No. 14

  • Pattern Number: 1064

  • Base Feature: Heat ring present

  • Pour Spouts: Dual

  • Finish: Machine-finished interior surface

  • Materials: Cast iron

  • Techniques: Sand-cast; machine-finished interior surface

  • Place of Manufacture: Sidney, Ohio, United States

Dimensions & Weight

  • Rim Diameter: 14.0 in

  • Cooking Surface: 11.5–12.0 in

  • Overall Length (incl. handle): 20.5–21.0 in

  • Depth: 2.5–2.75 in

  • Weight: 9.0–10.5 lb

Condition

  • Cracks: None

  • Wobble / Spin: None

  • Warp: None observed

  • Grinding / Resurfacing: None

Markings & Attribution

The underside bears the Wagner Ware Sidney “-O-” trademark with the pattern number 1064 cast below. The Sidney “-O-” marking supports attribution to Wagner Manufacturing Company during the period in which Wagner consistently used this trademark and standardized pattern numbering.

Estimated Date Range: circa 1924–1935.

Manufacturing & Design Notes

The interior cooking surface shows circular machining marks indicating a factory machine-finished surface, a characteristic associated with Wagner’s mainstream cookware output during the Sidney “-O-” period. The skillet’s heat ring reflects design preferences compatible with older stove technologies and transitional manufacturing conventions, especially common on many earlier large-size examples.

Condition & Preservation

This example is documented as structurally sound and unaltered, with no cracks, wobble/spin, or observable warp, and no evidence of grinding or resurfacing. Surface appearance is stable and consistent with age and prior oxidation history, with the interior machining marks remaining clearly visible.

Collection Context

This object is maintained within the Steve’s Seasoned Classics educational museum archive as a representative example of large-format, machine-finished American cast iron cookware from the Wagner Ware Sidney “-O-” era. It is preserved for study, documentation, and interpretive reference and is not offered for sale.

Wagner Ware Sidney “-O-” mark with pattern number 1064 visible; heat ring present.

Top / Interior: Machine-finished interior surface with visible circular machining marks; dual pour spouts evident.

Wagner Ware Sidney “-O-” mark with pattern number 1064 visible; heat ring present.

Underside (Full Bottom): Wagner Ware Sidney “-O-” mark with pattern number 1064 visible; heat ring present.