Unusual #3 with very thin walls and maybe gatemark

[Fusion_power]

I wonder if anyone else has found a pan similar to this one.  Its a rather strange #3 that I picked up in a box of junk.

This pan has very thin walls, appears to have a circular gatemark in the center of the bottom, and has extremely good heat distribution.  The markings on it include the #3 and "1P".  You will have to click the photos to see them.  I deliberately used high res so the images are as detailed as possible.

The 1st and 2nd photos are of the thinwalled #3 described above.

The 3rd and 4th photos are of the thin walled #3 beside a wagner #3 and sitting down inside a wagner #3.  As you can see, the thin walled pan is about 5/8" smaller than the wagner #3.

The last photo is of an 80+ year old #3 that my great grandfather used.  Its only markings are the curled #3 and two dimples just inside the ring near the handle.


http://www.selectedplants.com/CastIron/thinwallbottom1.jpg

http://www.selectedplants.com/CastIron/thinwallbottom2.jpg

http://www.selectedplants.com/CastIron/2pansbeside.jpg

http://www.selectedplants.com/CastIron/2pansinside.jpg

http://www.selectedplants.com/CastIron/80yearold3.jpg

[Roger Barfield]

Darrel, they both look like lodge to me.  Very old and finely cast lodge.

[moosejaw]

If you think they are Lodge, might be nice to have pics of these after they are cleaned up.  Pics would be good as an educational tool for identifying early Lodge.