Identify Skillet

Can anyone tell me if this skillet is an unmarked Wagner or a BSR? I think it is a BSR Red Mountain BUT ???

I cannot speak for Wagner but I do not believe it is BSR.

BSR skillets had heat rings, with the exception of the chicken fryer. From your pics I cannot tell if the sides are high enough to be a chicken fryer vs. a normal skillet. There are some other discrepancies, too; here's a BSR Red Mountain chicken fryer for comparison:

Not BSR. Either unmarked Wagner or some foundry's copy using a Wagner as a basis for the pattern. Does the bottom seem unusually thick and heavy?

Doug D. said:

Not BSR. Either unmarked Wagner or some foundry's copy using a Wagner as a basis for the pattern. Does the bottom seem unusually thick and heavy?

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No. The bottom is rather thin.

It's unusual for an unmarked Wagner to have no indication on the bottom like "9 INCH SKILLET". The copies are often thick-bottomed because it appears markings were removed from the sand mold, not the pan used as the pattern. Scraping away some sand removed the marks, but also resulted in a thicker and uneven pan bottom. Even without noticeable heaviness, I'd say a copy.

I fished one of these, a #5, from the murky depths of my lye bath today (there were 3 others in there, too). I had kind of forgotten about them since they were cheap, thrift store pick ups. There is a 5 on the top of the handle, and Ps instead of 2s on the bottom of the handle. And it's a spinner.