"ERIE" 753 #9

[Blimp]

I'd love to find out more about this item - I use it on a regular basis - breakfast, sock-eye salmon fillets, steak, and more - but I cannot find any reference or one the same - can anyone help?
10-1/2" wide, 23-1/2" long (handle-tip to handle-tip), 1" deep. :-/

[Blimp]

here's a shot of it's bottom

[Blimp]

This photo makes it look as if the numbers are "raised" - but they are embossed - jjust a trick of the light...

[Sandy Glenn]

Welcome to WAGS, Tim.  That's a pretty pan.  The blue book (pg. 61) ID's it as a shallow long pan, made in sizes 7, 8, 9 & 10.

[Blimp]

Thanks for the warm WAGS welcome Sandy - this is my first piece... and I love it! Such a good cooker! Do you have anything on production quantity and/or date? Thanks.

[Blimp]

Being a total "newbie" here... would a #10 be EVEN bigger than than this? Wow, now that would be a pan worth having!  :o

I always thought it looked like a lid off a large casserole - like a Le Crueset (oops, probably a dirty word on this forum!).

[Sandy Glenn]

The dates Ray gave you (1883-1930's) are what's listed in the blue book.  I would guess since it's marked ERIE instead of Griswold that it was made earlier rather than later in that time frame.  As for production numbers no one knows... for sure they made as many as they could sell.  Hope that helps.

[Sandy Glenn]

Yes, a #10 would be even bigger (and heavier) than your #9 although I don't know the size.  The blue book sizes the #8 at 17 x 7½ x 3/4.  I would imagine that is a measurement of the cooking surface and not the overall size.

[Blimp]

That sounds about right. My #9 cooking surface is 19" x 8". Using that as a reference the #10 could have a cooking area as big as 21" x 9" and perhaps 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 deep - probably an item that doesn't come around that often!

[Blimp]

SO a few questions for you folk in the know... I'd like to grow my collection and I think I like these larger pieces. 1.) What is the P/N for a #10 Shallow Long Pan? 2.) Is there such a thing as a #10 Deep Long Pan (I found this #8 Deep Long Pan with P/N 749 on eBay - not mine, not bidding on it)? And 3.) if there is a #10 Deep Long Pan what would the P/N be?

thanks

[C. B. Williams]

I'm going to make a semi educated guess here. It has been established that Griswold's consistency was their in-consistency. In this case of an item that was not as mass produced as a skillet, I would venture to say that we could not depend on the dating of this item based entirely on the "ERIE" only marking as being before the Griswold family obtained the foundry. I think, the old patterns, with the "ERIE" only marking could have been used well after the Griswold family bought the foundry, especially with this item. It is large and the pattern would be very time consuming to make. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying yea or nay. It could be from the 1800's or it could be later. IMHO.

[C. B. Williams]

Tim: The main idea I wanted to get across was that on some "less popular" items it is my belief that Griswold used the old patterns well into the next series. It is known that some "slant" lids were sent out with "block" logo skillets and dutch ovens. I think this "ERIE" pan that you pictured here could have been made well into the 1900's. We need to remember that both people and factories were much more conservative years ago than now. If they had a pattern that they wanted to make a few pieces by, I don't think they would consider making a new one just to get the logo right.
I know, all this is guess work, but it is consistent with some things that are known.

[Sandy Glenn]

I hadn't even considered the popularity of an item, so what C. B. said makes perfect sense.  I doubt these long pans were flying out the door at the same rate as their top-selling skillets.  Tim's #9 could have been produced anytime during that time frame.