1946–1960
Late Production (1946–1960)
The postwar years, when cast iron lost ground to aluminum and steel cookware. Griswold kept casting small block logo pieces in Erie until the plant closed in December 1957, after which the brand passed to Wagner's owner and later Griswold-branded iron was made in Sidney, Ohio. Wagner's stylized-logo smooth-bottom pans continued until about 1959, when Textron bought both brands. Lodge kept producing unmarked three-notch skillets well beyond this window. For buyers this is the value era: small-logo Griswold skillets typically list for about $50–100, Wagner No. 8s for about $50–75 and three-notch Lodge No. 8s for about $45–75, and they cook just as well as the older pieces. Watch for chrome and nickel plating, which turns up on many Griswold and Wagner pans of this period and flakes with use, and for later Sidney-made "Griswold" pieces sold as Erie production.
References from this era
8 hand-curated reference pages from 1946–1960.
GriswoldSkilletGriswold No. 8 Small-Logo Skillet (704)
typical $50–$130
c. 1939–1957
GriswoldSkilletGriswold No. 5 Small-Logo Skillet (724)
typical $40–$95
c. 1939–1957
GriswoldSkilletGriswold No. 3 Small-Logo Skillet (709)
typical $35–$80
c. 1939–1957
GriswoldSkilletGriswold No. 7 Small-Logo Skillet (701)
typical $55–$120
c. 1939–1957
Lodge (Vintage)SkilletLodge No. 8 Three-Notch Skillet
typical $30–$80
c. 1940s–1980s
Lodge (Vintage)SkilletLodge No. 10 Three-Notch Skillet
typical $45–$130
c. 1940s–1980s
Lodge (Vintage)Dutch OvenVintage Lodge 5-Quart Dutch Oven (unmarked era)
typical $60–$150
Mid-1900s (approx.)
Lodge (Vintage)Cornbread PanVintage Lodge 7-Stick Cornbread Pan
typical $15–$40
Mid-1900s (approx.)