Lady Bess

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Maggy S

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Does anyone have any info on BSR " lady Bess " cast iron?
When where they made?
Rarity?
Value?

I have 5 peices . Thx
 
Maggy S said:
Does anyone have any info on BSR " lady Bess " cast iron?
When where they made?
Rarity?
Value?

I have 5 peices . Thx
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Maggy,
Try this link regarding the BSR Lady Bess. It gives a good review of the pieces, date made, etc.
I personally have only one piece and have not seen many on e-Bay to speak of.
Have no idea regarding value. JMoss may be able weigh in on this post and give you some idea about value.
http://www.modemac.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/Birmingham_Stove_and_Range
 
Made in the 1970s and perhaps into the 80s, the name ostensibly originating from a stove model made earlier in the company's history and evocative of the Bi-Centennial spirit of the decade. Patterns resized from earlier standards to accommodate glass lids outsourced from Anchor-Hocking. Not a great seller. Not considered especially rare, valuable, or collectible.

More info at: http://www.castironcollector.com/unmarked.php and http://www.castironcollector.com/birmingham.php
 
Doug D. said:
Made in the 1970s and perhaps into the 80s, the name ostensibly originating from a stove model made earlier in the company's history and evocative of the Bi-Centennial spirit of the decade. Patterns resized from earlier standards to accommodate glass lids outsourced from Anchor-Hocking. Not a great seller. Not considered especially rare, valuable, or collectible.

More info at: http://www.castironcollector.com/unmarked.php and http://www.castironcollector.com/birmingham.php
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Doug...In the modemac.com link it was said that the Lady Bess was the first non stick cast iron. Were they talking about raw C.I. or were they referring to the Con Brio pieces which had white porcelain handles? The one piece I have (NO.6W.) has the wooden handle which I removed to season it, but if it was already non stick surface I should have not needed to do so. There seemed to be no difference in feel before and after seasoning.
Too bad that Maggy didn't include a photo...Would have been interesting to see which pieces she has.
 
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