Made for an April fools joke? Maybe some guy on the line mixed an old handle mold with a newer pan to flip out his quality control guy.
If you had access to all the molds that Griwold and Wagner used and the sand and hot metal you could make all kinds of funky goverment work stuff.
I've seen a few differnt types of custom work come out of the local shops that build Stainless steel comercial stoves and cookware. Some if it is pretty neet. And you could never aford to have it custom built, but if it goes out the side door, it is more affordible.