Another great find! 112-page Griswold Mfg. Co. catalog and price list. It is available for free public download. Enjoy!
Ephemera and Advertising
Posts that include vintage advertising or other paper concerning a manufacturer or its product(s).
1888-89 Griswold Catalog & Price List
Another great find! Here is a 74-page Griswold catalog and price list from 1888-89. It is available for public download. The old catalogs, of course, are invaluable to antique cast iron cookware collectors and historians. This is a gem. Enjoy!
1885 Selden & Griswold Catalog Available for Download
1885 Selden & Griswold catalog is available online for public download.
Why Griswold Made Both a High- and Low-Base for its Waffle Irons
Why did the Griswold Manufacturing Company sell its waffle irons with two different bases – a high (tall) base and a low base? I’ve seen this theorized here and there before, and the theories all made sense, but here it is right from the mouth of Griswold’s marketing department in 1921! “The Griswold Heart-Star Waffle…
1883 Selden & Griswold Hollow Ware Product List Available for Download
Here’s a nice find: a digital reprint of an 1883 fold-out hollow ware product brochure by the Selden & Griswold Manufacturing Company of Erie, Pennsylvania. As you can see, the front cover of the Selden & Griswold brochure has some handwritten words. I suspect the handwriting on the cover – “C.A.M. from M.G.Sr.” – refers…
1866 Savery Catalog, 49 pages: Public Domain, Free Download
This is a nice find! Here is a link to a 1866 Savery & Co., Proprietors, Philadelphia Iron Hollow Ware Foundry 49-page catalog, in the public domain and available for free download. The original is held by the University of Delaware, and it may be viewed there online. It may be downloaded at HathiTrust. Enjoy!
1924 Wagner Cast Iron and Aluminum Catalog Public Domain, Available for Download
I ran across the Wagner Manufacturing Company’s Catalog number 30 on the internet. It is a 96-page catalog from 1924. It is in the public domain and available for free download. You can find it here. These catalogs are an invaluable resource for collectors and enthusiasts.
The Origin of Griswold’s Erie Spider Trademark
The Griswold “Erie” Spider trademark skillet is among the most sought-after by collectors. What is the origin of the spider trademark, you ask? Bulletin A of Griswold’s “general catalogue” (1904) (left) gives us a pretty solid clue: The back of Bulletin A shows the spider trademark, and states: As the little spider brought success to…