Wagner Ware Waffle iron identification help!

[Caleb Coulter]

Hello, not totally new to collecting cast iron, but definitely getting a bit more into it than I have been in the past. I have an opportunity to pick up a Wagner Ware Sidney -0- waffle iron and wanted to know more about it before I do. It is stamped with a patent date of 1925, and a “1409.” I am finding 1408’s everywhere, but nothing about the 1409! Any ideas on value or information about it at all would be great!

 

[Doug D.]

A 1408 is a size #8, the most popular; a 1409 is a size #9. The irons having the catalog number inscribed means it was produced after ca. 1924. Wagner discontinued making waffle irons ca. 1941.

 

[Caleb Coulter]

Thats what I wondered, just hardly finding anything about that number or size. Also, what is the trivet-looking thing with it? I have a Griswold waffle iron and it doesnt have one of those. Is it just to set the iron on after use?

 

[Doug D.]

Doesn't appear to be anything to do with the waffle iron. The bail handled base is all that would have come with it.

 

[RegMitchell]

if i was a betting man, I would think that is a trivet for the waffle maker to sit on to cool off....once you take it off the stove