I stumbled into a different local picker

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LeeJohnson

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17 pieces of which the real highlights are a a green enamel Staub q quart tea kettle, a BSR Red Mountain Series #14 regular skillet, and a #2 Erie Yankee Bowl that shows the size but not the pattern number. .

The #2 Yankee Bowl will clean up very nicely but is missing to ring to make pouring easy. Does anyone know where I can get one? Does anyone know if the ring on a #5 Yankee Bowl is the same size since I know where that one is that had holes drilled in it?
 
The rings on all Griswold pots are the same size. Either get one off a junk pot or make your own ring. Your pot is an early 1891 patent one without the pattern number which is how I learned that pattern numbers probably started in 1891 or 92.
 
Brother you could MAKE some biscuits in that #14. By the way, some of those Yankee bowls have a second ring about 1/3 up from the bottom. Mine does, anyway. Anybody know what the purpose of that is?
 
Michael Talton said:
Brother you could MAKE some biscuits in that #14. By the way, some of those Yankee bowls have a second ring about 1/3 up from the bottom. Mine does, anyway. Anybody know what the purpose of that is?
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Are you talking about the cast ring or halo that circles the pot about 1/3 the way up the sides? That is a "rimmed kettle", a different pot than a Yankee Bowl and was made that way to better fit several sizes of stoves.
 
Steve Stephens said:
The rings on all Griswold pots are the same size. Either get one off a junk pot or make your own ring. Your pot is an early 1891 patent one without the pattern number which is how I learned that pattern numbers probably started in 1891 or 92.
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Thanks, Steve. So am I right in assuming it's the earliest pattern?

Hopefully, I can either get the consignment shop up the street from my house to sell me that #5 Erie Yankee Bowl with pattern and size on it that somebody turned into a flower pot by drilling drainage holes into cheap. Not willing to spend $40 on it although the woman it the shop thought maybe $25. I'm thinking $10. I could always put a ring I made onto it and display it.

Would there be much of a value difference with a repro ring vs. original?

And if I make a ring, do I have the dimensions right?
1/8" diameter stock
1-5/8" outside diameter for the finished ring

My guess is the ring would be mild steel. Should it be blued or left alone?

I don't see any Yankee Bowls in the RB. The one in the BB is a later one than this. I'll post pictures after it comes out of lye and electrolysis. It seems to be in excellent shape except for the ring being missing.

Michael Talton said:
Brother you could MAKE some biscuits in that #14. By the way, some of those Yankee bowls have a second ring about 1/3 up from the bottom. Mine does, anyway. Anybody know what the purpose of that is?
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The pan is surprisingly "light weight" at 9 pounds 3 ounces. I'd put on more than that eating those biscuits because I'd blow up like a tick if I tried eating all of those!
 
Ring stock on my only Griswold pot left (a 4 QT. Maslin kettle, slant/E) is 0.135" diameter. Ring diameter is 1-11/16". I would guess mild steel, not blued but I would place the new ring in the oven and heat to 450 degree to darken it. A pot with holes should not be worth much but worth $10 if necessary to get a ring for your pot. An original ring should be better for the value unless you can do a factory looking job. I don't remember if I ever made a ring but did have some extras from damaged pots or when I was selling extras and would put the ring on my better pots. To change rings don't open it up by pulling it open where it's joined but twist the joint sideways to remove then twist back.

There are earlier Griswold pots without the 1891 patent and they have different bail attachment ears. Don't see them too often but I don't think they are worth any more than the 1891 variety. Not seeing photos in the books just shows that the authors could not show every one of Griswolds' many thousands of different pieces or didn't have access to photos of some pieces.
 
Sounds good, Steve. I'll try to get that #5 cheap. Out of curiosity, I'll measure it . No sense buying it if it's got a replacement ring that's off a bit! Good to know about the other bowls too.
 
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