Mini Corn Stick ID?

Charles_M

New member
Hi everyone.

My brother picked this up at a garage sale.
It is 4x8 inches.
The 7T says BSR but the handle says maybe Wagner.

Does anyone know who made this?

Thanks,
C.J.
 

Attachments

  • Mini_Corn_Stick_Front.jpg
    Mini_Corn_Stick_Front.jpg
    70.3 KB · Views: 40
  • Mini_Corn_Stick_Back.jpg
    Mini_Corn_Stick_Back.jpg
    59 KB · Views: 49
BSR listed in their Red Mountain era catalog a "7-Tea Size" corn stick pan. Assuming the handle style of their larger stick pans would have been unsuitable for a miniature, it's likely theirs.
 
Thanks for the response Doug.

That is good to hear.

But now i need to buy it from him before he puts it on eBay.
What do you think it would be worth?
I kind of like BSR.

Thanks again.
C.J.
 
Based on the apparent smoothness of the casting and the probability that it is both domestic and old, maybe $15-20. If we were absolutely sure it's BSR (we cannot be, absolutely, without an original boxed or labeled example), probably double that. If you ask around, you're sure to get differing opinions as to the possibility. Until someone is able to present a tea size stick pan with the BSR loop style handles and markings, dismissing this one as a BSR impossibility seems presumptuous, as does assuming/insisting the catalog's single illustration must be representative of all the sizes. Here's what the ca. 1940 RM catalog listing looked like:

oCmNBRa.jpg


You can see that the cob size dimensions given differ from your rough measurements by just 1/32" and 1/16", and by a shade over an ounce on the weight, all close enough as to be insignificant, IMO. As to the overall size, note the legend says, well, "Overall". If you do the math, 7 cup widths is ~ 5.5", plus an extra 1/8" each (being generous) for the spaces between cups and at the ends, 8 x 1/8" = 1", so about 6.5" without handles. The 8" length description therefore must be including handles. Similar calculations on the other sizes (the cob width typo on the 7-S notwithstanding) and measurements given by those eBay sellers who apparently actually used a ruler (on their 7-Ss) bear out the assertion the dims all include handles. (note the 12.5" ruler)

yuqkVbP.jpg
5bhqxwy.jpg


Another catalog from BSR's sister company opted to round the weights to the nearest half pound when converting them to eaches, overstating and in one case understating the RM catalog dozen weights. The 7-S cob width error persists in that catalog as well.

One seen on eBay has the same inscription as yours but on a rightward-pointing ear and has three dots on the handle.
 
Back
Top