Won on ebay on Mar 28, 2013 for $5.99 plus shipping for $6.25 from Portland, Oregon. Sold by fostyd.
Bought on ebay for $10.55 plus $6.50 shipping on 03/25/13.
Oval shaped cast iron trivet with baked enamel finish: 9 3/4″ long x 6 3/4″ wide. Won on ebay 3/29/13 for $19.99 plus $10 shipping.
Won on March 21, 2013 for $36.00 plus shipping of $12.00 from Johnk5546 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
His ebay ad read: 8″ Western Importing Co. rosette/heart shaped design cast iron waffle iron with a low base (also by Western Importing of Minneapolis and New York) in very good condition, seasoned and ready for use. One side of the waffle iron is marked 999 and the other side has 981. The base has 975 WI Co. There were no handles on the waffle iron, so I personally hand carved a couple of pieces from some sinker cypress. Handles may not be pretty but they are functional.”
In a later message he responded: “It came from an estate sale in the French Quarter, from a very old building on St. Louis St. It seemed like an old family homestead and some member of the family was probably living there until recently. It was the second or third building from the corner of Rampart on the Esplanade Ave. side of the street, not the Canal St. side. It was a three story building.”
It was manufactured by Griswold for Western Importing from 1920 – 1930.
We bought this DO in an antique shop in Ponchatoula Louisiana about 2002.
- The lid’s handle is tapered from large (with a button) on one side to smaller on the other.
- There are self-basting nipples in a evenly spaced grid pattern and extended lips on both sides to cover the two pour spouts.
- Marks on the bottom are:
12
DO
MADE IN USA
D
The Cast Iron Collector says:
Birmingham Stove & Range Co. – Birmingham, AL
All BSR
– If heat ring, unbroken and inset. — [Yes]
– Lids have pour spout “ears”, even those supplied with dutch ovens. [Yes]
and
Lodge Manufacturing Co. – South Pittsburg, TN
1930s
– ¾” high size number at 12 o’clock [Yes]
– Lids have grid of pointed tips for basting drippers. [Yes]
1940s-1960s¹
– Inset heat ring with 3 notches at 9/12/3 o’clock. — [No, the heat ring is not broken]
– Later, letters denoting pan type, e.g. “SK” skillet, “DO” dutch oven [Yes]
– 
Lids have grid of pointed tips for basting drippers, size number and diameter or pan capacity incised on underside [Yes]
After ca. 1960
“Made In USA” added at center [Yes]
I conclude it is a 1930’s Lodge based on:
- the grid pattern of the basting nipples
- the size and position of the size of the CO
- The “DO” below the size
- the MADE IN USA in the center
- the bottom looks just like the bottom of the skillet linked to the Lodge After ca. 1960 category.
- BUT – The lid has the pour spout ears…???
This DO was one I had that may have been by a “previous life”. The DO:
- has bail ears just like Griswold’s have;
- has with an 8 in the lid;
- belong to Gail and will be Jeff’s;
- was severely caked so we cleaned it in an electrolysis tank and re-seasoned it.
This is one we bought about 2005. Very heavy with a rough Bayou Classic finish.
No. 8 Griswold cast iron skillet; Large block logo. Won on Ebay on March 10, 2013 for $27.00 with shipping for $10.00 from Sykesville, Maryland. Seller was morpans2.
Given to Kelley on 7/12/13 on her 29th birthday.
No. 6 GRISWOLD Skillet large block logo. Won on Ebay on March 10, 2013 for $34.77 with shipping for $10.00 from Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Bought from schildty231.
Given to Kelley on 7/12/13 on her 29th birthday.
