Help identifying Wagner arc skillet

MEValery

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Not sure when this was made. Seems like a mishmash of skillets from the turn of the century. Also has a nickel coated exterior. Thanks for any guesses or indentifications.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/142623914@N04/shares/wt3o93

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I forgot to add that for a number 10 skillet it is very light and thin:
4#5oz
.072" thick mid wall
 
That looks to me like a very nice Wagner skillet. I have observed the design where handle meets skillet wall is very similar in skillets of that period, so I think it was the standard manufacture of its day.
 
The picture of the Wagner arc c1891-1910 looks like the bottom of my pan. The similar dated pan on the upper left of pg10 of the RB also look like the bottom. But the pan on that page has a different handle. Maybe I'm just trying to be too specific.
In the end, the actual date (instead of a range around the turn of the century) doesn't really matter to me other than curiosity and trying to learn to identify old skillets.
I've got a feeling this is going to be my large pan cooker. Just feels nice to handle while I was cleaning and looking at it. The nickel finish is worn in spots but its the outside.
Now I just need to find a #3 and a #14 from around the same time frame and I have all skillets I need for cooking. Or is that a stupid thing to say?
 
Hey ME, I don't think that's a stupid thing to say. I bet after you "complete" your cooking collection, however, other really nice things will catch your eye, and then you'll be one of "us"!:chuckle:
 
I have never had any luck finding a marked #3 Wagner skillet with a heat ring. I have found unmarked ones that might be Wagner's but never a marked skillet, which is strange because #3's are normally the easiest skillet to find when working on a set.
 
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