Found this Pan at a Flea Market, Please Help ID

Tony Depasquale

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Please let me know the age and who made it if possible?

Thanks So much!!

Tony
 

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That's an unmarked Wagner, made for sale in alternate marketing channels at lower cost than marked versions. The handle style, and most prominently, the "Made In USA", put it early to mid-1960s. If it was made at a point where they were still polishing the cooking surfaces, which it looks like it was, you have a great user. If not polished, you have a little more work to get it slick with seasoning. Also, the W does not stand for Wagner, it's a pattern identifier.

See also: http://www.castironcollector.com/unmarked.php
 
For the marked version, in excellent condition (already cleaned, no warp, no cracks, no pitting), $45 would not be unreasonable, say, at an antique store. (One would hope to be able to find a marked version for less at a flea market.) Collectors in-the-know, however, typically look to pick up a user piece such as this one for quite a bit less. The upside is that it's still a quality made piece of cast iron cookware from a time when skillets' cooking surfaces were still being polished smooth. The unmarked were typically of no lesser quality than the marked.
 
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