C H W #5 Dutch Oven

[LeeJohnson]

I came across this today and I'm not sure who the maker is even after looking at the foundry database but there are a couple of options. I found a waffle iron on eBay that had sold and the typeface of the C H W on the bowl seem to be a match with the griddle to Chemung Hollow Ware Works of Elmira.

The iron is enameled on the inside. It's kind of crazed on the inside but , which I probably would be too. I have to look more closely to see if the outside is Japaned, painted or enameled. It's in an antique store so I thought it was possibly priced a little high at $35.

Has anyone seen anything like this? Unfortunately, there was no lid.

http://stormforge.net/gallery/index.php/C-H-W-Dutch-Oven

 

[Steve Stephens]

I don't know if I have seen one or not but this is what little I have seen from that company.

CHEMUNG HOLLOW WARE WORKS, ELMIRA, NY
......waffle irons (C.H.NEWMAN'S PATENT JAN 23 1883)

 

[LeeJohnson]

Here's the waffle iron that sold on eBay. Went for a pretty decent amount too.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Che...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[Steve Stephens]

Here's the patent for that waffle iron. I used to have one years ago.

http://www.google.com/patents/US270973?dq=waffle+iron

 

[LeeJohnson]

Thanks, Steve! I plan to go back and get the Dutch oven. It seems to have been there for a while but lid or no lid, it seems like something I should have, or rather become the caretaker of.

 

[Craig M]

Here's the waffle iron that sold on eBay. Went for a pretty decent amount too.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Che...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Here's the patent for that waffle iron. I used to have one years ago.

http://www.google.com/patents/US270973?dq=waffle+iron

 

[Michael Talton]

LeeJohnson - you make a good point ("caretaker"). As long as this stuff lasts, we are merely the current stewards of our cast iron.