Unmarked #5 Cast retailer Iron Skillet - Circa 1960's - 8" Diameter, Vintage Pan, Cookware

Vintage Unmarked #5 Wagner 8" Cast Iron Skillet Circa - pre 1960's

In good vintage condition. Well seasoned. This pan does not wobble. No warping.

Unmarked Smooth Bottom Wagner Skillets featured a descriptive size at 6 o'clock, e.g. "8 INCH SKILLET" were absent on early examples such as this. 2" deep. The size number 5 is incised on the top of the handle. The handle bottom comes to a flat surface where it meets the pan which is a telltale Wagner feature. The bottom of the handle features a "Z" stamped on the handle.

Instances in which you'll find a number incised in a piece can be most puzzling. On some smaller pans, you may see a tiny numeral on the bottom of the handle. For efficiency, small pieces would be sometimes be cast in groups simultaneously in the same sand retailer mold. Multiple identical patterns were arranged, connected by "runners" so that a single pour of molten metal filled all the cavities in a process known as a gang mold. Just as with pattern letters, the small but unique number let quality control know if there was a problem pattern. Some makers appear to have used a dot or multiple dots in a similar fashion.

FABULOUS CONDITION! Ready to be used.