Madison Sheriff skillet

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BradH

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My first antique skillet purchase. What got me into collecting
 

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Wow! That is interesting! I've never heard of that foundry. Do you know much about the foundry or its products? Do you know how old it is? It has a gate mark, which would lead you to believe it is fairly old.
 
Bruce Lockhart said:
Wow! That is interesting! I've never heard of that foundry. Do you know much about the foundry or its products? Do you know how old it is? It has a gate mark, which would lead you to believe it is fairly old.
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Not a foundry. This person was running for sheriff in early 1900’s. Instead of giving out church fans he gave skillets to voters
 
Doug D. said:
Just trying to wrap my head around the order of operations that got the gate mark so neatly oriented and insinuated within the markings.
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Good point, Doug. Everything is lined up and centered perfectly.

E. S. Gordin was listed as sheriff of Madison County from 1896 to1902. Don't know if that helps, but at least it gives a time frame for when the pan was probably made. If someone gave me a skillet like that, I'd sure vote for them.
 
I have pictures of Gordin family. And a Madison county book that came with the skillet I bought 20 years ago. My first vintage iron and my favorite. Picker in Pennsylvania sold it to local antique dealer that I knew
 
20 years on my wall. This the other side. It’s feather light. I’m
 

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That was my reason for asking if there were any grinding marks at the rim, i.e. was it a side gated recast of a bottom gated pan. Which would be unlikely, but you never know...
 
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