A recent discussion offline concerned a Griswold #283 corn stick pan in the DuChro finish. DuChro stands for Dull Chrome, and describes Griswold pieces that were chrome plated with only the tops and highlights polished but the rest left a dull matte silvery gray. Probably really some kind of marketing spin on not being able to mirror polish the insides or bottoms of corn stick pans, but anyway...
The discussion was about a #283 on which only the tops of the handles on the ends were mirror polished and the rest, top included, was dull. I also happened to have one the same and was able to report that it apparently wasn't unusual, but I did have #262 and a #273 in DuChro, both of which have totally polished tops. Then I ran across this #283 at an antique store today:
Yep, totally polished top. So now the question is did they start polishing the 283s where they didn't before or instead stop? Or did we have a trainee the day the two owned by we who were having the conversation were made? (Doubt it, though.) Dull top, shiny handles:
The discussion was about a #283 on which only the tops of the handles on the ends were mirror polished and the rest, top included, was dull. I also happened to have one the same and was able to report that it apparently wasn't unusual, but I did have #262 and a #273 in DuChro, both of which have totally polished tops. Then I ran across this #283 at an antique store today:
Yep, totally polished top. So now the question is did they start polishing the 283s where they didn't before or instead stop? Or did we have a trainee the day the two owned by we who were having the conversation were made? (Doubt it, though.) Dull top, shiny handles:
