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Offline Melonee Danielson

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Majestic waffle iron
« on: February 16, 2019, 09:33:28 AM »
Hello, I am Melonee.  I have a question on Griswold making waffle irons for Majestic 885 886 which looks like the Griswold 885 886, but in the Blue Book is not listed as Majestic unlike the 981 which they made for Andresen/Western Import.  Any thoughts?

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Re: Majestic waffle iron
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2019, 10:59:28 AM »
Good question, Melonee.  The authors of the books have to make choices as to what to include and what to leave out.  Sometimes that would be based on what the author had in their collection.

I suspect in this case it is most likely base on what is most commonly found by collectors.  The Alfred Andresen, Griswold made, cast iron products were sold in great quantities over a long period of time.  They are very easy to find for sale most anywhere in the US and on-line even though they are over 100 years old.  You also have other common Griswold iron made for him like the KornuKopia iron and Plett and Munk pans.

The 885/886 Griswold marked irons are also very common today for the same reasons.

The Majestic marked 885/886 waffle irons are not common and will rarely be found by most individuals.  So what do you use your limited number of pages for?  The most common items of course.

Collectors groups like our Forum here and to some extent Facebook are places to find the answers for the more obscure items.

Tom
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Re: Majestic waffle iron
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2019, 11:06:57 AM »
If you look on page 161 of the Red Book the majestic is listed and pictured there

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Re: Majestic waffle iron
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2019, 12:01:05 PM »
But are they made by Griswold or is it just a coincidence?

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Re: Majestic waffle iron
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2019, 01:55:31 PM »
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But are they made by Griswold or is it just a coincidence?

Yes the majestic was made by griswold using the 885/886 pattern reworked for a majestic iron

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Re: Majestic waffle iron
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2019, 10:00:58 AM »
Just adding a tiny bit, this variation of the Majestic waffle iron was made by Griswold.  There are other earlier variations that are not Griswold products.  Majestic was mainly in the business of making stoves.  Stove furniture (like hollowware and waffle irons) was not one of their priorities.  It appears they eventually decided to contract it all out.