The Cast Iron Collector: Information for the Vintage Cookware Enthusiast. Learn how to identify, clean, restore, season and use collectible antique cast iron cookware.
While cast iron was great for cookware, its usefulness for utensils was lacking. Aluminum filled the bill perfectly. In addition to pots and pans, vintage aluminum utensils such as tea kettles, pitchers, platters, spatulas, spoons, ladles, scoops, and other kitchen gadgetry also enjoy ...
This teak pepper mill, designed by the renowned Jens Quistgaard for Dansk, seamlessly blends form and function. Inspired by the regal silhouette of a Queen chess piece, this mid-century (1950-1970) masterpiece features a highly regarded Peugeot grinder, known for its precision and durability. ...
The Cast Iron Collector: Variations in and approximate date ranges of trademarks seen on major name brand cast iron cookware manufactured in the 20th century.
There is quite a bit of cast iron cookware that you may see presented as vintage in the collectibles marketplace that is, well, neither vintage nor collectible.Much of this non-collectible iron is comprised of cheap imports, celebrity TV chef-endorsed cookware (also imported), cast iron ...
As with other cast iron cookware, waffle irons were also produced in aluminum. Typically, the patterns for the aluminum versions were virtually identical to the iron, but with different pattern or catalog numbers. Bases supplied with the aluminum, however, were still made of cast iron....
The Cast Iron Collector: Information for the Vintage Cookware Enthusiast. Learn how to identify, clean, restore, season and use collectible antique cast iron cookware.
In the context of cast iron cookware, the term seasoning is both a noun and a verb. A good seasoning (noun) is a matrix of polymerized oil and carbon residue, a durable coating, created layer by thin layer. What we do to establish and maintain that coating is also referred to as ...
Prior to the early 1960s, cast iron cookware manufacture was largely a manual process. Foundrymen, paid by the piece, created individual sand molds one at a time or in manageable groups capable of being poured from a single ladle of molten iron. Of the tasks involved, mold creation ...
Cast Iron Cookware FinishingAnother reason vintage cast iron cookware is coveted by collectors and cooks alike-- in addition to the fineness and lightness of castings typically seen prior to the advent of factory automation-- is the extra effort manufacturers put into finishing their products. "...