Confusion.

[CarolM]

Ebay has a hammered Wagner D.O. with a vented lid. Looking in the Red book I do not see a hammered DO with the vented lid. However there is a DO there on page 51 with a vented lid. In the picture in the book the vent is in a different place than in the lid to this DO.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-WAGN...item5d494e4720 I blew up the pics on Ebay and feel it may be original but am confused... Any thoughts?

Thank you, Carol

[Doug D.]

My guess would be, assuming the hole in the eBay lid is original, that it is not for a vent as on RB pg. 51, but rather for a missing temperature gauge.

[CarolM]

I have not seen one with a temperature guage. Is it in one of the books?

I blew up the pics on the link and think they were real.. Did they appear to be an original part of the pan to you too?

Thanks for the input!

[Doug D.]

Griswold made one with a gauge, but I have not seen a Wagner so-equipped.

[Steve Stephens]

Shown in a 1938-39 Sears catalog, p.731, is a "New" hammered, Wagner made (judging from the photos) "Dutch Oven with Easy to Read Heat Indicator, $1.45"

It's possible that Wagner only made these for Sears and not with their regular store line of cookware.