CI lid pn 2778

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JMoss

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Can anyone ID this lid for me? It looks like a BSR FBP or sauce pan lid but as far as I know BSR never assigned patern or part numbers to their CI. Which other manufacturers used that tab style handle?

https://imgur.com/a/5oAaq

Thanks for any input.

Jack
 
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Seems to be BSR, for their round bottom stove pot. The tab handle would put it in the early part of their switch to DISA automation before they figured out a way to do loop handles. They did use numbers on some things, the Sportsman Grill for one.
 
Doug D. said:
Seems to be BSR, for their round bottom stove pot. The tab handle would put it in the early part of their switch to DISA automation before they figured out a way to do loop handles. They did use numbers on some things, the Sportsman Grill for one.
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https://imgur.com/a/FrX2j

Thanks Doug. As a BSR fan I'm surprised to find something new. I had not heard of a Round Bottom pot. Now I can look for a pot to go under it.

Jack
 
Jack,
I know you are somewhat an authority of BSR C.I. so I am attaching a link to a piece I bought recently at the annual Round Top Antique Show. I want to believe it's BSR but I don't know enough about them to make that claim. I have cleaned the lid and seasoned it and the pot has been thru the e-tank but not seasoned. The bail attachment looks "Non BSR" and I have left the bail wire off due to it being cleaned. Pot has a rounded bottom and a small 8 near the bottom edge. I saw one previous post by CRJones last year with the same I.D. marks on the lid and DougD taged it as a BSR or Franklin Bean Pot.
Anyway...You all take a look and let me know. BTW...I sent you an e-mail with a link to your lid so best of luck with finding your pot.
https://imgur.com/a/thwed
 
Michael,
I still think your pot is BSR, albeit a Century series. After BSR abandoned the tab handle they went back to the loop but with one end "fatter" than the other.

The attached link will take you to an album which shows my FBP (which I used to think meant Flat Bottom Pot and now think it may be Franklin Bean Pot) and the lid ( Red Mountain series) that came with it. It also shows a second FBP lid which fits perfectly, but is a Century series. The only difference is the width of the lip outside the heat ring. There is also a photo of all three lids showing the 2778 lid, the Century and the Red Mountain lids. The 2778 lid is smaller and does not fit the FBP pot. (FYI it does not fit the 2 qt or 3 qt sauce pans either).

As I may have mentioned, I have seen a very similar pot with a Lodge bullet dripper lid that fit fit perfectly. Lodge may have made these pots after they acquired BSR

https://imgur.com/a/foIhN

Happy hunting

Jack
 
Here is a round bottom 3 1/2 qt. kettle that the RB 2778 fits perfectly. There is no gate mark. The style of the lid had me thinking this was definitely pre-automation. Any hint from the kettle ears?





Hilditch
 
I don't do Facebook but the cast iron guys also said the anvil style ears and round legs were 1890 - 1930. I don't know how credible they are.

Would not a lid for a round bottomed three footed kettle or pot be more appropriate in the 20’s or 30’s rather than the 50’s?

Hilditch
 
It's important to note that pieces which possess characteristics consistent with older styles or are produced using older casting technology are not necessarily old. BSR apparently made and sold this footed round bottom pot well into the late 1960s and perhaps 1970s. The aforementioned switch to DISA automated molding and the temporary use of tab lid handles falls within that time frame. On some low demand items, like stew pans, they apparently stuck with the easier-to-mold tab handles.
 
I keep wondering about the number 2778 on the BSR lid.

2 - does it fit a 2 qt. sauce pan? Or a #2 three quart?

7 - It fits a size 7 round bottom kettle.

7 - Does it fit a size 7 FBP or bean kettle?

8 - Does it fit a size 8 round bottom pot?

Lastly, if all BSR lids have ears, where’d they go?

Hilditch
 
Doubtful the p/n digits correlate to any pan sizes or compatibility. The rubric about BSR lids applies to differentiating genuine DO lids from import copies.
 
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