Odd lid underside

[Chris M.]

I came across a cast iron casserole at my local thrift store (a not uncommon occurrence). I did some research, and It seems to be fairly typical, marked "Made in USA:, so post 1960. "No. 8". "10 5/8 IN". Block letters. There is one difference I see. The inside of the lid does not have the basting spikes. Instead, it has dimples. See image below. Any insights appreciated. I do all the cooking in our house, and will be using this piece to cook with. I am not concerned with value, so much, as with identifying this feature. Of course, I will now be looking for other cast iron pieces.

Any advice appreciated!

 

[Bruce Lockhart]

Birmingham Stove and Range (BSR) Century. What you have is called a Dutch oven. A place to view several pictures of BSR hollow ware is under the drop-down menu Collecting on the home page. Go to the menu item Identifying unmarked iron. They also have some lid pictures that are identical to yours. Sounds like you just got bit by the cast iron bug. Welcome to the club.

 

[Chris M.]

Thank you for the help Bruce! I will go and check.

 

[Chris M.]

I'll be cleaning this piece in the next couple of days. I'll post pictures after that is completed.