While reading on the "Canadian cast iron" portion of this site I read this about T. Eaton cast iron housewares .
" T. Eaton Co. - , (-)
Eaton's was a department store chain who sold various hollowware with their name on it. Markings indicate it was outsourced from foundries like Smart's."
I have both a T. Eaton's #9 Dutch oven and a Smart's Brockville #9 Dutch oven and they ARE both exactly the same .
Here is what I'm really interested in though . I have had two T. Eaton #8 skillets and still have one . I have also owned several small logo Griswold #8 skillets and they also seem exactly the same in size , thickness , quality , handle style , handle hole and the font used for the skillet size that is marked on the same place on the handle of both skillets .
I have never seen any Canadian skillet that looked anything like the T. Eaton #8's . So could Griswold have been making skillets for T. Eaton the same way they did for some other department stores ?
" T. Eaton Co. - , (-)
Eaton's was a department store chain who sold various hollowware with their name on it. Markings indicate it was outsourced from foundries like Smart's."
I have both a T. Eaton's #9 Dutch oven and a Smart's Brockville #9 Dutch oven and they ARE both exactly the same .
Here is what I'm really interested in though . I have had two T. Eaton #8 skillets and still have one . I have also owned several small logo Griswold #8 skillets and they also seem exactly the same in size , thickness , quality , handle style , handle hole and the font used for the skillet size that is marked on the same place on the handle of both skillets .
I have never seen any Canadian skillet that looked anything like the T. Eaton #8's . So could Griswold have been making skillets for T. Eaton the same way they did for some other department stores ?