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Roy Meadows and Jane Brymer

Roy and Jane are cast iron collectors and charter members of the Griswold & Cast Iron Cookware Association. Roy is also the author of the definitive article on Griswold's <a href="https://griswoldcookware.com/erie-skillets/">"ERIE" Skillets</a>.

Cast-Iron Collectors Roy Meadows and Jane Brymer

Roy Meadows and Jane Brymer of Newton, Connecticut, have collected Griswold cast-iron cookware for forty years. They are charter members of the national vintage cast-iron collectors’ group, the Griswold & Cast Iron Cookware Association (G&CICA), and were among the 105 attendees at the inaugural G&CICA meeting held in Erie, Pennsylvania, on April 2, 1992.  Roy…

Marked-up ERIE skillets numbers 8 and 9 showing the characteristics that place each within a certain series, which enables setting the date of manufacture.

Determining the Age of “ERIE” Skillets

You have an antique cast-iron skillet marked “ERIE.” How do you determine its age? I recently published the Roy Meadows article entitled”‘ERIE’ Skillets,” to the blog. This article is very useful for identifying and dating antique cast iron skillets marked “ERIE.” The timing was good for me, as I recently acquired two antique Griswold skillets:…

Composite photo showing the Six Series of Griswold "ERIE" skillets, along with the Griswold spider skillet.

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…