Early LODGE "Fully Marked" #4 vintage cast iron skillet

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NO RESERVE AUCTION with fixed cost Insured FedEx shipping with Parcel Tracking and Delivery Confirmation, to any Continental United States street address. Bidders from AK, HI, or the American Protectorates please e-mail for shipping rates, as they may be more. Please note that I routinely combine shipping (per my invoice) via Federal Express, for multiple auction wins shipped in one well-packed parcel, at significant cost savings to you. Professionally cleaned, fully restored and verified as authentic, this is vintage LODGE as it was meant to look!! When this rare 70+ year old #4 cast iron skillet left the Lodge factory, it was NOT encrusted with grease and carbon, was NOT rusty, did NOT reek of rancid oil, and allowing for very routine kitchen use, now once again looks much like it did so many decades ago! I have the five (5) consecutively sized Early LODGE skillets in sizes #3 through #7 inclusive, all with inset Heat Rings with the single break at the top, (all shown together in the last picture below) and with the three (3) smallest sizes bearing the "Fully Marked" exterior bottoms (shown all together in the next-to last picture below). This auction is for a VERY GOOD Lodge "Fully Marked" #4 (Iron Finish) cast iron skillet with inset heat ring, in EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD overall condition, produced sometime between 1925 and the 1 930's . Established in South Pittsburg, Tennessee around 1910, the Lodge Manufacturing Company produced some of the best regarded cast iron hollow ware ever produced in America, prior to 1960. Lodge is one of the very few American companies that continues to exist, and still produces cast iron hollow ware to this day. Sadly, in the face of foreign competition and economic necessity, Lodge has since adopted casting and finishing methods that are no longer the equal of their earlier products for casting quality and craftmanship, that were in their day, the equal of anything that the likes of Griswold, Wagner or Favorite ever produced . This rarely found little frying pan measures 7.125" rim-to-rim, 7.875" spout-to-spout, 11.25" rim-to-handle tip, at 1.875" deep, with a cooking surface diameter of 5.5", and has an inset heat ring diameter of 4.75". This extremely nice vintage cooking pan is deeply incised on the exterior bottom with the arc-style name " LODGE ", and the large size number " 4", and with the molder's mark " A" below . Very well cast for this early era, of fine grained iron with minimal casting roughness, and very few casting bumps, dimples and flow marks in evidence, this quality-made and fully cleaned vintage iron fry pan has no chips, cracks, rust, warping, bowing, or repairs, sits flat on any level surface, and rings nicely when tapped. Very collectible to be sure, and having a warm, rich dark color, this well-maintained cooking skillet has been pre-seasoned with vegetable shortening for your immediate cooking use or display. Frequent but very careful use of this frying skillet has greatly worn the still fully evident manufacturer's milling marks "CARTWHEEL EFFECT" on the polished interior, and with virtually NO utensil marks or scratches in evidence, has created a cooking surface that is ESPECIALLY SMOOTH to the touch, and virtually non-stick! Any questions? Please click on the " me " icon following my eBay ID above for FAQ's, or e-mail me. No dark or fuzzy pictures ! Check out the high resolution, enlargeable pictures below, taken in natural daylight without flash, and place your bid!! read more

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