Help ID'ing #9 skillet, please

JShapiro

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Hi, here's a #9 skillet that I've been cooking on for a while that I'd like to know more about. It has a heat ring, and the bottom is stamped "9" and "719A." Any information is welcome. Thank you so much!

Pics here:
 
With a 9 at 12 o'clock, it implies Lodge, but Lodge wouldn't have a 719A. 719 is the pattern number for a Griswold or Erie #12 skillet, but it's not a Griswold. Nor a #12.
 
Interesting, thanks Doug! I guess it will remain a mystery.

Although, my Griswold #8 also has 719 on the bottom, so I guess Griswold used 719 for more than just their #12s.
 
With a 9 at 12 o'clock, it implies Lodge, but Lodge wouldn't have a 719A. 719 is the pattern number for a Griswold or Erie #12 skillet, but it's not a Griswold. Nor a #12.
Mystery solved, I think! It's gotta be an Erie Griswold, but the pitting has perfectly covered the logo in the center. The "9" and "719A" match perfectly for font, size, and location, and the pitting is the right size to perfectly obscure the logo.

Better pic of pitting here:
 
So 710 then, not 719. 710 is indeed the p/n for Erie or Griswold #9 regular skillets, but on Erie skillets, the p/n is placed more or less at the center of the bottom of the skillet, and the size number at 6 o'clock. It could be a Griswold "slant Erie" whose TM and the small "ERIE" below it have been obliterated. The handle is a bit unusual for the slant Erie #9s I've seen, but Griswold wasn't particularly consistent with its handles back then.
 
So 710 then, not 719. 710 is indeed the p/n for Erie or Griswold #9 regular skillets, but on Erie skillets, the p/n is placed more or less at the center of the bottom of the skillet, and the size number at 6 o'clock. It could be a Griswold "slant Erie" whose TM and the small "ERIE" below it have been obliterated. The handle is a bit unusual for the slant Erie #9s I've seen, but Griswold wasn't particularly consistent with its handles back then.

Yes, 710. Sorry I misread it when I wrote the original post. Glad to have solved the mystery. Online photos were particularly helpful.
 
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