Hello fellows. WAGS had a "SIDNEY" book/catalog reprinted here while back, it is very interesting. Sidney Hollow Ware Co was bought out by Wagner. And it was WAGNER who made SIDNEY, not Sidney Hollow Ware Co. I believe I have that right. If not, at least I got a fight started and we can flesh it out. ;D But thats the way I remember it. We had these catalogs reprinted for WAGS members only, ANOTHER benefit to belonging to WAGS. ;)
Do either of you two know the Catalog that I am talkng about? :)
Let me restate some of the above, leaving all of the above up there?
The Catalog that I am referring to is "SIDNEY WARE". And from the dates this catalog was printed or put out around 1907. The catalog is for Sidney Hollow Ware. SO, even though WAGNER bought Sidney Hollow Ware in 1898, Wagner continued that line, the Sidney Hollow Ware line. And the "SIDNEY" pieces, I believe, is how Wagner marked them. Since the Sidney Hollow Ware Co was no longer in business after 1898, it was not making cast iron. Its only logical then that Wagner eventually merged that part of Sidney Hollow Ware in with its regular operations. BUT, for a period of time, as reflected by this catalog, WAGNER continued making Sidney Hollow Ware, but just did not mark it as such. NOW, is this all clear as mud? ;D
