Good Bye to a Pancake

   I suppose I will start this blog by saying goodbye to an old friend. I found this Cast Iron Chuck Wagon lid pictured on the left a few months ago 'in the wild' as the folks in the cast iron collecting community will say. I had a particularly enjoyable time digging this lid out of an old dilapedated and closed down junk shop. I happened to be driving by the place when it was getting cleaned out. I stopped and asked if they had any cast iron. The folks doing the cleaning said they did! Boy, did I get lucky that day. I found this lid and several other items. I was even able to find a beautiful and large cauldron that day. You can see a few pictures of that beauty here.
  This particularly large lid is a No. 10 lid. It was made by Wagner Ware in the late 1950's after they acquired the Griswold Mfg Company. You wouldn't know that by finding a name anywhere on it. The only real identifying marking is actually the number 10 and the shape of the handle. Fortunately, I had some help myself with figuring out who made it from my friends over here at the Wagner And Griswold Society.. 

   The nice thing about this goodbye is that this will be going to somebody who needs this lid. I imagine they have a base that it will fit to, and they will be able to re-awaken a great piece of Americana.

   Until next time, stay safe and Cast Iron On!