Hammered Deep Fryer

[Greg W.]

Hi everyone. Would like any help in identifying, and naming this piece, it has 90 incised at 6 o’clock of handle side, and pour spout opposite of handle.

 

[Doug D.]

CHF (Chicago Hardware Foundry) made a line of hammered finish ware marked only with an 8 or 9 and (in most cases) the nominal size number.

Related: https://www.castironcollector.com/unmarked.php#chf and https://www.castironcollector.com/hammered.php

 

[Greg W.]

CHF (Chicago Hardware Foundry) made a line of hammered finish ware marked only with an 8 or 9 and (in most cases) the nominal size number.

Related: https://www.castironcollector.com/unmarked.php#chf and https://www.castironcollector.com/hammered.php

Hi Doug, thank you again for bringing me aboard, would you happen to know the year and an estimated value. I’ll show pics when I finish restoring it.

 

[Doug D.]

Most hammered finish CI seems to be late-1930s/early-1940s, although literature documenting it is sparse to non-existent. There's really no decent published guide to values. eBay "sold" listings can give approximations, but are not reliable on more scarce items. One like yours (with a mismatched cover) has been sitting unsold for 3 months with a BIN price of $130, so, apparently, less than that.

 

[Jody M]

This came with a lid that is MUCH harder to find than the pot. If you had both, restored, with no issues, I have seen them sell in the $300-350 range. Most of that value is in the lid though.

 

[Greg W.]

Well I can’t seem to load the pic, but would the lid be hammered also?

 

[Greg W.]

Ok I had to ask my daughter, and she walked me through, fingers crossed, for the lid and getting the photos right lol

 

[Doug D.]

Looks like the same as the one in the eBay auction, also mismatched with an Asian import lid from decades later. Original covers are hammered and have a single "ear" to cover the pour lip.

 

[Greg W.]

Ok then, that’s what came with it and definitely not from eBay. If that is an Asian import what is this?

 

[Doug D.]

Unmarked Vollrath. Identifiable by the undivided bail attachments and the "crossover" handle.