Wagner Muffin Pan Questions

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JeffreyL

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This is the only picture I have so far, found this Wagner muffin pan, I suspect it's an R but I'm not sure yet still waiting on backside pictures. I see in the RB page 82 it says with and without cutouts but only lists iron. If it's an R with cn 1336 like on BB page 259, it says iron or aluminum. The picture looks like plated iron, and I've seen one of these in an antique shop that was definitely iron with a plating like the one in the picture. Did the book mean aluminum plated? Or solid aluminum? Asking price is $25, I was going to offer $20, is it worth it?
I just picked up a Wagner R with cutouts that was to gunky to show markings for $14
https://imgur.com/a/xiaGh
 
The pic looks like nickel plated iron. Ask the seller if a magnet will stick to it. The aluminum noted in book refers to solid aluminum.
 
Yes, they are. Wagner nickel plated many pieces, and did not ever switch to chrome. An aluminum R muffin pan would have a c/n 478. The one pictured may or may not have a c/n 1336 on it, depending on when it was made.
 
Yes, if the condition of the other side is no worse than the top. And you want it.
 
Don't know about plated but regular cast iron if you grease with shortening and flour them the muffins pop out pretty easy. Let them cool for a few minutes in the pan but not until they are cold. I confess that I use bakers joy and they fall out when I invert the pan.
 
Doug-
You stated Wagner nickel plated stuff but never made it to chrome. When I look at pn in the red book on page 121, and 122, they don't list this pan under the nickel, but they do list it under the chrome plated cast iron list, 1336 8 cup popover pan style R.

Would this confirm its chrome plated?
Also how do I go about cleaning this, I read in the cleaning section not to etank it, but I can put it in the lye tank, beyond that, what's the best course of action so as not to harm the finish?
 
There is much debate/confusion over what constituted Wagner Silverlite. Most maintain that Wagner plated exclusively in nickel, regardless of the section heading saying chrome in the RB. Like Griswold's "Silverlike", my guess is that true Silverlite is more satin in appearance than typical nickel. The highlights apparent on the bottom of your pan in the photos lead me to call it nickel, not Silverlite. I have nickel plated Wagner regular skillets, but note that their inscribed c/ns are the same as bare iron and not those shown in the "nickel plated iron" listing, and I don't recall ever seeing that 101x sequence of c/ns on any Wagner skillets.
 
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