Not only my first pickup since joining the forum, but the first vintage piece I actually purchased myself instead of having handed down...
A BSR #8 DO. I stuck with BSR to match my other stuff. There's a bunch of these available, but why did I pick this one?
Because the markings are hand-etched. I read this on Cast Iron Chaos' BSR page:
"While much of Atlanta Stove Works' production records from its early days have been lost, speculation on the Facebook group for Birmingham Stove and Range came to a reasonable conclusion that these may be among the "first series" of Red Mountain pans, produced during the 1930s or possibly even earlier. The hand-etched molds may have been produced before the size numbers were standardized and permanently added to the design of the mold."
If anybody has additional information or clarification on the subject, please share.
Otherwise it's in really good shape, no rust or pitting. It is a little gunky so it's getting cleaned.
Other things of note - the size etching on the underside is off-center from the pourspout, and the underside of the lid has two little bumps on the reverse of where the handle attaches...
A BSR #8 DO. I stuck with BSR to match my other stuff. There's a bunch of these available, but why did I pick this one?
Because the markings are hand-etched. I read this on Cast Iron Chaos' BSR page:
"While much of Atlanta Stove Works' production records from its early days have been lost, speculation on the Facebook group for Birmingham Stove and Range came to a reasonable conclusion that these may be among the "first series" of Red Mountain pans, produced during the 1930s or possibly even earlier. The hand-etched molds may have been produced before the size numbers were standardized and permanently added to the design of the mold."
If anybody has additional information or clarification on the subject, please share.
Otherwise it's in really good shape, no rust or pitting. It is a little gunky so it's getting cleaned.
Other things of note - the size etching on the underside is off-center from the pourspout, and the underside of the lid has two little bumps on the reverse of where the handle attaches...