Is this Fryer with lid Lodge / "Blacklock" / BSR / Something else???

[GusC]

Has a lot of things similar to the brands mentioned above and a lot of things not similar
I bought this because an acquaintance showed me the pride of his collection - a "Blacklock" fryer with lid.......
Now that I have done my own research - I am not sure what I have here

I do know it is much cleaner than when I purchased and has 3 seasonings of Crisco on it

Something similar sold on Ebay recently as a "Wagner" - but I don't see anything that makes me believe that

Any help would be much appreciated

 

[Doug D.]

I would say not Lodge, definitely not Blacklock, and not BSR (or Wagner), either. There seems to be a tendency out there to want to call anything with a raised size number Lodge, and to also try to make the leap to Blacklock in the process. What I'm seeing here is a pan that looks very much like an older Lodge, but is a bit too crude for the time period of Lodge it would have had to come from. The handle is wrong for Lodge (something about the bottom of it is "off"), as is the shape of the assist tab. The lid is definitely not Lodge, the top profile is wrong, as are the basters. If not an import, and the pan and lid are a match not a marriage, it may well be some unknown foundry's copy, having used a Lodge pan and a BSR lid as a starting point.