Years ago, I created a video on how to learn about a pan using Google Images Search and a photograph. As it’s worth repeating, I made another one, showing how to learn things about several different antique iron pieces, including the funky “7-way Universal Tool.” Take a look – it’s easier than you think!
Cast Iron, General & Miscellany
Posts that deal with miscellaneous cast iron pieces and accessories, identification, and posts that just don't fit anywhere else on the blog. :)
Griswold’s “ERIE” Skillets
By Roy G. Meadows, as updated March 17, 2025 Foreword by Mary On March 17, 2025, I had the opportunity to interview Roy G. Meadows. Mr. Meadows is well-known in the cast iron collecting community for his expertise and extensive knowledge–particularly of antique “ERIE” cast iron skillets, which were produced in Erie, Pennsylvania by the…
Griswold Cast Iron Collector Joannie Baldini
Joannie Baldini Joannie Baldini and her late husband Joe, of Erie, Pennsylvania, are two of the six founders of the Griswold & Cast Iron Cookware Association (GCICA), a national vintage and cast iron cookware collectors’ club. She and Joe began collecting vintage cast iron in 1988. Joannie’s interest in vintage cast iron Joannie has a…
Griswold Vintage Cast Iron Santa Cake Molds: Real or Reproduction & Pricing
Griswold Vintage Cast Iron Santa Cake Molds: Current pricing & how to tell an authentic Griswold Santa mold from a reproduction.
Griswold Cast Iron Collector Doris Mosier
About Doris as told by Doris Mosier. Griswold cast iron collectors Doris Mosier and her late husband Bob, bought, sold, wrote about and collected vintage cast iron for over 40 years. Doris, age 86, of Meadville, Pennsylvania, is also a Griswold & Cast Iron Cookware Association (G&CICA) club charter member. She and Bob have contributed…
1910 Lodge Manufacturing Company Cast Iron Catalog Available for Download
A 31 page Lodge Manufacturing Company product catalog from 1910 is available online for free download.
Griswold Catalog no. 45 Available for Public Download
Old company catalogs are incredibly valuable to collectors as they assist in educating, identifying, and dating antique and vintage cast iron and aluminum pieces, as well as in viewing complete product lines. However, these old catalogs are often difficult to come by. Occasionally, a collector may offer reproductions of a catalog from their collection for…
GCICA Heartland Chapter Meet, September 27-28, 2024
The Griswold & Cast Iron Cookware Association (GCICA) is a friendly group of cast iron enthusiasts and collectors. Membership in the group provides an opportunity to meet fellow collectors of vintage iron cookware, tell stories, see, swap, sell, and buy pieces, learn from people who have a tremendous amount of knowledge, and make new friends….