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Offline John Laing

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Help with authentication ?
« on: May 21, 2018, 12:08:53 AM »
Found this today, but shied away...$24, very heavy, rough casting but with patina on bottom.

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Re: Help with authentication ?
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2018, 12:11:37 AM »
More pics

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Re: Help with authentication ?
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2018, 12:12:55 AM »
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Re: Help with authentication ?
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2018, 12:16:06 AM »
Hello John :)

In order to provide information, pictures should show the entire item, end to end, including handles....  Both a top view, and a bottom view... :) 

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Re: Help with authentication ?
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2018, 12:17:55 AM »
And One more with a number...

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Re: Help with authentication ?
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2018, 12:26:54 AM »
Bottom...with a glassy patina in places

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Re: Help with authentication ?
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2018, 12:35:29 AM »
Hi John,

Check PM for reply....

You can attach up to four (4) pictures on one post.

Click the (+) sign to the right of Attachments below, left. Each time you click a new Window will appear for another picture file to be chosen..

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Re: Help with authentication ?
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2018, 12:39:12 AM »
That is an interesting Popover pan.  Can't say I have seen that particular design before...

I would say it is currently unknown maker, and most likely earlier, pre 1900.

I would probably have tried to get the price reduced to $20 or less...  ;)

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Re: Help with authentication ?
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2018, 12:41:22 AM »
Thank you...

Any thoughts on the pan? The rough holes between the muffin sections (and the heavy weight) don’t seem to represent fine old iron. Conversely, the patina does look like 100 years or so...

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Re: Help with authentication ?
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2018, 01:20:30 AM »
I suspect it is a top or side gating, as I see some grinding marks on the edge of one of the handle areas in a pic above....

The Raised Number (size ) is interesting also...

There were just sooo many different foundries around, it is many time difficult to identify 'who done it'.... 
With a wide range of 'casting' quality, weight etc.

Other than the ragged holes, the rest of the casting of the piece looks to be fairly nice. 

Maybe someone else will stop by and give a shout if they recognize the design.. :)  I can't quite make out the Number on the Handle... :)

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Re: Help with authentication ?
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2018, 10:10:14 AM »
I'm still hunting for an elusive Martin pop over, but would need the measurements on this one to verify one way or another.

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Re: Help with authentication ?
« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2018, 03:16:24 PM »
11 1/2 x 7 7/8 x 1 7/8

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Re: Help with authentication ?
« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2018, 07:39:31 AM »
Weren't Martin's labeled with No. 11, not No. 10?

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Re: Help with authentication ?
« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2018, 01:21:36 PM »
I have another photo if this helps