Porcelain for Marty

[Steve_Stephens]

Hey Marty, here are my porcelainized early skillets.  Note that the porcelain is in only fair to poor condition for the most part.  Much is either worn or chipped and worn away on two of the skillets.  I don't know the maker of any of these pans.  Photos are taken with the built in camera on my iMac.
Steve

[Steve_Stephens]

Back of pan above.  This is a fairly common style skillet that seems to be from the midwest area.  I think several foundries made similiar skillets as there are several pans that look similiar but probably not from the same foundries.

Steve

[Steve_Stephens]

This is the only marked porcelainezed skillet I have:  GARLAND WARE.  Garland was a large stove manufacturer and may have made this pan or had it made for them.  It seems to be identical in all features to the previous pan posted above.

[Steve_Stephens]

Inside of GARLAND WARE skillet.

[Steve_Stephens]

I have two skillets here by the same maker with identical handles.  The handles are "frumpy" but actually very comfortable.  This pan is much like a chef's skillet with rounded bottom.  The black in the cooking surface is black iron where the porcelain has done a vanishing act many years ago and the black is very smooth.

[Steve_Stephens]

This is the bottom of the above skillet showing the rounded, chef's style skillet bowl of the pan.

[Steve_Stephens]

Same maker as pan right above but with sharp corners at the bottom/side juncture.  Note that the pouring lips almost don't exist and look at the following photo.   The pattern looks like it was modified to block out the lips.

[Steve_Stephens]

Bottom of pan above.  Note blanked off lips probably done in the pattern.

[Steve_Stephens]

Closeup of blanked off pouring lips on above skillet.  

That's all for now folks but, with my trusty, always ready built-in camera on my computer I have no excuse now for not being able to post photos other than having enough time.

Steve

[ysageev]

I have a unknown very old gem pan with a very similar style #8 on the bottom as the 4th from last photo.   Or is that just crud on the bottom and no 8?  :-?

BTW I like the handles...

[Will Person]

Thanks Steve.   Those are some interesting pans.   And that camera don't do too bad.   I really like that Garland one,  Nice!!!


Will 8-)

[Steve_Stephens]

I have a unknown very old gem pan with a very similar style #8 on the bottom as the 4th from last photo.   Or is that just crud on the bottom and no 8?  :-?

BTW I like the handles...

That is a crudded up pan.  I don't clean a lot of my old pans.
Steve

[Dwayne Henson]

Steve do you think this one is related to your chef style pan? The cooking surface is rough. It was a total mess, but for $1, I thought what the heck? Didn't even know it was porcelain intially

[Dwayne Henson]

Top View, Hey Steve with that new computer you could put out a book on gatemarked skillets :)

[Steve_Stephens]

That looks just like my pan Dwayne.  And pretty cruddy also.  Isn't the handle comfortable for such a crummy looking affair?
Steve

[Dwayne Henson]

I do like the handle, Bet they were beautiful with the porcelain all intact. Mine shows evidence that the porcelain went over the entire skillet. Still has small amounts on both sides of the leveling ring and on the bottom of the handle. I plan on seasoning it and giving it a try. Hopefully the seasoning will cover some of the rust etching. Still think you need to put out a book about gate-marked skillets. If nothing else maybe some photo's of skillets and what regions they were found in. Hint ..Hint...