Possible New Griswold Pattern Number

[Roy G. Meadows]

 
I have recently acquired a Small TM chrome plated #8 skillet that has a Pattern Number 2808. I haven't found this Pattern Number in the lists that are readily available to me. For anyone working on an update of the Pattern Number List, consider adding 2808. Attached are some pictures of the skillet.
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[danduhman]

Thats a good lookin skillit I WANT ONE!!!!!!

[C. B. Williams]

That's a handle I have never seen. Does anyone know if this is legit?

[Steve_Stephens]

Roy, that's a treasure!  I've never seen nor heard of the skillet and will add the number to my list which was shared with Dave for the last blue book revision.  Whether it gets shared again I have no way of knowing; in other words, adding the number to my list doesn't mean that it will reach other's lists or the books lists.  You might want to email Dave or maybe he'll visit and see it.

Can you tell us anything about the pan?  Where did you find it?  Youk knew without thinking that you had to have it didn't you?  Just as rare and I would have to say more interesting than Greg's No.17 oval skillet (sorry Greg).

Does it have a G on top of the handle?  That may be similiar to the strange and rare handle griddle (I think one is shown in one of the books somewhere) that has a different handle with a G on top.  That griddle has p/n 2849 and is the only other 28xx series I know of.

That could be a Randall piece or from a period when there was new management, etc.  Maybe another change in ownership put developement of a new line on hold or even the Korean War.  Can you post some large photos?  Thanks,

Steve

[Harry Riva]

This skillet is in the BB, page 23.

Harry

[Roger Barfield]

Didn't one just sell on ebay a week or two ago just like this, maybe this one?

[Steve_Stephens]

This skillet is in the BB, page 23.

Harry

Good catch Harry.  I like the quality of Roy's photos much better and the chrome is pretty flashy, too.

Steve

[Roy G. Meadows]

Roger,
This skillet sold on eBay on March 14; that's where I got it. It's like the one on page 23 in Dave and Chuck's Blue Book. I don't know anything about it other than I couldn't find it in any of my Griswold Pattern Number lists. The quality and finish on this skillet is similar to the Griswold Hammered Series. The handle has such a "good" feel and the "G" around the handle hole is unique.
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[Roy G. Meadows]

Here are another couple of pictures of the handle.
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[Roger Barfield]

Wow Roy, that looks awesome :o  Good buy.

[Clark Rader]

Wow that is about the best looking sk and photo's that I have seen, that looks almost like a milled bottom. Great find on ebay.
clark

[Steve_Stephens]

Makes me wonder Roy if those pans ever got sold away from ERIE since that's where yours came from and they aren't seen around.
Maybe it was in a test market?
Steve

[Roy G. Meadows]

Steve,
It seems to me based on my experience that all the unique/good/rare Griswold pieces tend to come from the Erie area. I've also gotten some unique items from the Columbus, Ohio area. I feel that a number of pieces, especially plated pieces, were not widely distributed. I'm sure some were uniquely made by workers from the Griswold factory (i.e., as "government jobs") and were not production runs. I don't believe this to be the case with this PN 2808. I believe this one falls into the small TM hammered series- maybe the #8 skillet.
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[Steve_Stephens]

I believe this one falls into the small TM hammered series- maybe the #8 skillet.
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Wouldn't you think it was later than the hammered series which was 1939?  I say that because of the different handle with the large G on it.  The hammered pieces were made before WWII but I don't know if they were continued after the war.  The hammered waffle iron was cataloged in 1950 but it may have been to clear out unsold older stock or Griswold wanted a waffle iron in their inventory to sell.  In any case, the pattern number is in the general vicinity of the hammered pieces but comes right after the 270x p/n's of the bakelite handled chefs type skillets which I think are very late, post 1955 Griswold production.  But the way Griswold organized it's pattern numbers that many not mean anything.

Steve

[danduhman]

Is it an optical illusion or are the sides a little more rounded towards the bottom of the skillet than a normal one,sort of like a chef skillet?

[Roy G. Meadows]

It is my understanding that Griswold's hammered series was made into the 50's. Correct me if this is wrong. Up until I saw this #8 PN #2808 skillet, I thought the small TM hammered skillets with no hinge only came in #3 and #5. This skillet has the same shape and characteristics as these hammered skillets; it is just not hammered and the handle is different. I'm thinking it might be the #8 in this late Series, but I don't know why it is not hammered. The shape of the sides of this skillet is the same as the hammered ones and tends to be more rounded near the bottom.
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[Steve_Stephens]

Roy, your pan looks like an attempt to modernize the line or, at least, some pieces.  Being so different than the hammered pans I don't see how it would fit into the group.  

Steve

[Bob Logan]

I have the matching griddle to that skillet. I didn't realize there was a skillet to go with this. The griddle is marked #2849 and it's a #9. Here are some photos.
  

[Sandy Glenn]

That's interesting, Bob.  Roy's skillet is plated and it looks like your griddle is black iron... super clean, too.  BTW this is on pg. 54 of the blue book and the p/n is listed there also.