14 Stick Hammered Cast Aluminum Cornbread Mold--Maker?

[Frank Dimos]

Ok folks, found this last year and have been slowly removing the thick seasoning that completely covered it inside and out, top and bottom. The bottom is hammered, the top smooth, one hang hole. I've been unable to find anything like it in a 14 stick model. Initially thought it might be Wearever given the size of the hammering. Any ideas?

[Duke Gilleland]

Frank, gonna throw this in the mix and really get it going. There once was a small "backyard" aluminum foundry in Cleveland Ohio by the name of Kanter Mfg.. I acquired
a corn cob cornbread pan that they had made about 15 years ago. it was very well cast, hammered finished(small) and was marked with the name and origin. I was able to make contact with one of the Kanter sons. He said his father owned the foundry and died in 1954. The foundry was then shut down. I post this as most of their castings were hammered

[Cheryl Watson]

Frank Dimos, time to pull out the "Carbon Off" !   

And then the Oxalic Acid....

[Frank Dimos]

Duke, I saw that post when I was trying to research it here. I agree with the similarity. Just don't know if they had unmarked pieces, but if so, it could be a good bet. The hammered effect reminds me of Wearever and perhaps Club pans. I believe Wearever made some cast aluminum cornbread pans, but the ones I've seen all appear to be single row pans.

Cheryl, believe it or not, you're looking at the result of 3 applications of Carbon off so far. When I say the seasoning was thick, I'm talking 1/8-1/4" on the bottom (couldn't tell it was hammered) and the corn stick kernels were almost completely filled in. I'm going to keep messing with it just because I'm stubborn, lol.

[Duke Gilleland]

Looks like a tough job. I had good luck with Dawn Power Dissolver on aluminum.