Nearly Free beautiful Gated pan- Would love help ID'ing!

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I responded to a Craigslist posting, and met a real character in Northeastern PA. She had used this really crusty and crappy looking skillet to hold a tarp (and liked essential oils a LOT), and wanted to give it to me. I gave her $5 for it, and knew it was something special- felt pretty light, and the handle was fancy. Post lye bath and reseasoning (plug for Crisbee :) it came out a beautiful, smooth gated piece. I'd love help ID'ing it. I know its hard to positively ID older pieces. I believe the date range is 1860-1890, due to gate mark. Thanks for any help! Edit: sorry for no before pictures. It was super crusty. I theorize that the old heavy seasoning prevented too much water damage. There are few more satisfying feelings than stripping down a piece to reveal beauty :)

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Beautiful! I was searching for Martin skillets one time and came across this picture of "two gate marked skillets". They look just like yours. No identification by the seller. Not sure why it was one of the first hits when I put Martin Stove and Range in the search box.

Martin did make some griddles I've seen where the handle looks similar, but not exactly the same. Plus, they weren't around in the 1800's.

https://www.antiquesnavigator.com/d...our-spout-stove-heat-ring-gate-mark-7-an.html
 
Thanks for the collective knowledge. The reason that I dated it as such was because of the gate mark.
Any ideas on roughly what year gated skillets faded out?

Cooked first meal of eggs and left over Chinese food, what a delight it is to use!!
 
The size number on handles in bas relief is seen on some Martin griddles and skillets, but there is no connection here. This one is around mid-1800s, and by the looks of the gate marks(s), is a copy of another pan.
 
Doug D. said:
The size number on handles in bas relief is seen on some Martin griddles and skillets, but there is no connection here. This one is around mid-1800s, and by the looks of the gate marks(s), is a copy of another pan.
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Doug, do you mean because there is a ridge alongside of the gatemark ridge? Are you thinking the gatemark isn't actually a real place where the iron was poured in?
 
Donna, I've seen pans that had a gate mark that I thought were copies. In fact, not long ago, I thought I had found my grandmother's skillet but it had a gate mark. My guess is, somebody took a skillet like grandmother's, made a mold out of it and the resulting copy had a gate mark on the bottom.
 
This pan has two (possibly three, maybe more) gate marks, each superimposed over the other.
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