Griswold made much more than just a line of cookware. Did you know that Griswold also made, and held the patent for, a burglar alarm? I didn’t think so. Inventors John Harvey and David Shields obtained a patent in 1894 for the gadget, and the patent was assigned to Matthew Griswold, founder of the Griswold…
Griswold Cookware
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Down the Rabbit Hole and into the Seemingly Never-Ending World of the Odorless Skillet
The vintage and antique cast iron “Odorless Skillet” – who made it?
Unusual 7-Way “Universal Tool”
The 7-way Universal Tool was patented in 1881 by W.H. Thayer.