Wagner Ware Sidney -O- No. 4 Cast Iron Skillet
The Wagner Ware Sidney -O- No. 4 is a scarce size — acknowledged by collectors as one of the harder sizes to find in any configuration, and particularly so in the stylized logo heat-ring era. At 7 inches across the top rim it is the smallest size in the standard Wagner skillet line to carry a heat ring, and it is where the downward heat-ring progression of the complete set stops. This example, catalog number 1054, carries the bold, large-format stylized logo character the Cast Iron Collector associates with the earlier end of the catalog-number era, a heat ring intact, and all markings legible. It is the one that takes the most searching to find, and it holds its place at the lower boundary of the heat-ring configuration in the SSC complete set.
Wagner Ware Sidney -O- No. 11 Cast Iron Skillet
The Wagner Ware Sidney -O- No. 11 is one of the genuinely scarce sizes in the standard skillet line — less frequently encountered than the No. 10 below it or the No. 12 above it, and seldom found with fully legible markings in presentable condition. This example, catalog number 1061A, arrives in the SSC collection as-found and unrestored, retaining the original aged surface patina of a pan that worked for decades. The stylized logo sits at 12 o'clock, the catalog number 1061A — pattern letter A designating the first mold pattern cut for this size — sits at 6 o'clock, the heat ring is intact, and all markings are fully legible. A scarce size, an early pattern designation, and an original surface: three things worth preserving and documenting.