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Offline Valerie Johnson

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I picked up a nice number 8 griddle today, no manufacturer name but has a very unique handle and has an incised number 8 and a small angled script number 1058, When you look at the bottom of the griddle you will understand why I put to clean or not to clean in the heading.
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Re: Unmarked 1058 number 8 round griddle to clean or not to clean
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2015, 07:52:23 PM »
Now for the bottom view
And you can see the numbers and why I am unsure if I want to clean it up or not, I have at least 2 other number 8 griddles and this one sure makes a great looking wall hanger...any ideas who made it or is it one of those we will never know pieces.

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Re: Unmarked 1058 number 8 round griddle to clean or not to clean
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2015, 08:09:18 PM »
Griswold Iron Mountain I believe...

I'd take a pic for the wall, it's a nice painting then dump in the lye bath.

I contact people once in a while about cast for sale across Canada on kijiji. One fellow yesterday was selling an unmarked pot with lid in beauty shape. didn't know what he had, I emailed him saying it was an iron mountain chicken fryer with lid. He sold it for $20, wondered why he had so many people looking to buy it.
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Re: Unmarked 1058 number 8 round griddle to clean or not to clean
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2015, 09:53:47 PM »
Hi Robert, Thank you...yes after looking up the IM line it definitely has the handle shape and 4 digit italicized number at 6 oclock and size number at 12 oclock.

It there a list somewhere of the IM line with corresponding part numbers?

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Re: Unmarked 1058 number 8 round griddle to clean or not to clean
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2015, 09:57:17 PM »
The Blue Book and/or the Red Book contains all of that information :)
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Re: Unmarked 1058 number 8 round griddle to clean or not to clean
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2015, 10:05:33 PM »
Thanks Cheryl, I was just pricing them at different locations

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And I just purchased the newest edition thru Amazon
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Re: Unmarked 1058 number 8 round griddle to clean or not to clean
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2015, 10:36:59 PM »
]Be advised, though, that there are a few missing pattern numbers in the blue book appendix list.  For instance, since you ask about Iron Mountain griddles specifically, I've seen a 1079 IM #9 long griddle at a flea market already.  (I'd've brought it home, too, but it was severely pitted.)  The 5th edition Blue Book appendix lists 1077 for #7 and 1078 for #8, but that's as far as it goes.  That's just one example.

It's the best list going, and even where it has gaps, it does an excellent job of establishing trends, which makes it easy to confirm whether or not the piece you're looking at is Griswold-made or not. But you might find yourself penciling in some additions here and there.

With respect to Iron Mountain, the general trend is that pieces with a p/n 10XX are Griswold-made Iron Mountain.  On top of that, the skillets and handle-griddles have distinct-shaped handles, and the broken basting rings on the dutch oven covers are sorta distinct, too.  I think that the Griswold section of the red book has better pictures of that.

And finally, to further confound your life, there are also two series of unmarked Griswold skillets that aren't garden-variety Iron Mountain, either.  There's a size 7-8-9 run that have p/ns 754, 755, and 756, respectively.  Those have the depth and dimensions of (Griswold-made) Victor skillets of the corresponding sizes, and I've seen at least two variations of 755, one with a more stylized "font" and one with  a more blocky "font."  There's also a highly coveted 3-4 set, both of which have 3-hole handles, with p/ns 668 and 669, respectively.   
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