pan, corn-bread
date: label: date made
content: c. 1923-1930s
name: label: maker
content: Griswold Manufacturing Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Cast iron muffin pan comprised of two rows of six molds, in the shape of small half-cylinders. Two small handles, one on each of the shorter sides, one with a circular hanging hole and one cast with the manufacturer’s name, debossed: “GRISWOLD”; the underside is also cast, debossed: “NO 11/GRISWOLD ERIE PA.,/U.S.A.,/950/A”; white paint or residue spot on one side.
label: Description
content: Maker is the Griswold Manufacturing Company, founded in 1865 by Matthew Griswold and Samuel Seldon in Erie, Pennsylvania. The company was considered a pioneer in the cast iron cookware industry for its “extra finish iron hollow ware” and choice not to use prison labor for its manufacture. In 1955 McGraw Edison Incorporated acquired the company, and two years later sold Griswold to the Randall Company of Cincinnati. The company would eventually become a part of the General Housewares Corporation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Erie
label: place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
label: Subject
content: kitchen
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. John H. Murray (Anne W. Murray)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0503.04
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0503.04
label: accession number
content: 1990.0503
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pan, corn-bread
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cast iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 12 7/8 in x 6 1/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 32.7025 cm x 15.875 cm