7 Rusty Dutch Ovens at the Flea Market Worth Turning Over! (Never Pass These)

Turn a rusty Dutch oven over and the foundry is often still talking to you. Under the orange there can be a maker's name, a size, a lid that belongs or doesn't, and sometimes a rough line that hints at an older way of casting. Walt walks a flea market table through seven examples of vintage cast iron Dutch oven identification, plus the one thing to look for before you pay for any of them. 0:00 What the mark under rust tells you 0:58 Griswold Tite-Top Dutch oven 2:27 Wagner Drip-Drop Baster 3:41 Lodge lids with basting points 4:39 Birmingham Stove and Range Century 6:32 Enameled Griswold lids 7:02 Footed camp ovens 8:22 Gate marks on older pots 9:54 Reading an oven at the table 10:53 A good mark isn't a sound pot This video is general information to help you identify and enjoy old cast iron. Marks and casting features are clues, not guarantees of maker or age, and a good mark doesn't make a sound pot. For a firm identification, a reputable cast iron dealer or an established collector group is the place to ask. SOURCES AND FURTHER READING COLLECTOR REFERENCES The Cast Iron Collector: Damage and Defects (cracks, warping, pitting, fire damage) https://www.castironcollector.com/damage.php The Cast Iron Collector: Sand Mold Casting (sprue marks, bottom gates, the move to side gating) https://www.castironcollector.com/casting.php The Cast Iron Collector: Recasts (copies made from finished pans and the gate marks they leave) https://www.castironcollector.com/recast.php The Cast Iron Collector: Camp Ovens (legs, flanged lids, how they differ from kitchen Dutch ovens) https://www.castironcollector.com/camp.php The Cast Iron Collector: Enameled Cast Iron (Griswold enamel from the 1920s on) https://www.castironcollector.com/enameled... The Cast Iron Collector: Evolution of the Griswold Trademark (logo eras, button logo lids) https://www.castironcollector.com/griswold... The Cast Iron Collector: Evolution of the Wagner Trademark (Wagner, Wagner Ware, Sidney O. marks) https://www.castironcollector.com/wagnertm... The Cast Iron Collector: Lodge Manufacturing Co. (company timeline) https://www.castironcollector.com/lodge.php The Cast Iron Collector Newsletter 31 (1920 patent Griswold Dutch ovens, earlier and later lid styles) https://castironcollector.com/CICN/cicn31.php Cast Iron Chaos (modemac): Birmingham Stove and Range Century Cookware (NO. and IN. marks, dating, lids) https://modemac.com/bsr-century-cookware/ COLLECTOR FORUM POSTS AND LISTINGS (weaker sources, individual observations) Cast Iron Collector forum: Differences between two Griswold Tite-Top Dutch ovens (pattern numbers, Clean Easy enamel lid) https://www.castironcollector.com/forum/th... Cast Iron Collector forum: Griswold Dutch oven gate grinding https://www.castironcollector.com/forum/go... Cast Iron Collector forum: Dating a Wagner Drip Drop lid https://castironcollector.com/forum/thread... Cast Iron Collector forum: Wagner Dutch oven lid and pot styles https://www.castironcollector.com/forum/th... Cast Iron Collector forum: Wagner Dutch oven catalog numbers https://www.castironcollector.com/forum/th... Cast Iron Collector forum: Telling Lodge and Birmingham lids apart https://castironcollector.com/forum/thread... Cast Iron Collector forum: Lodge and Birmingham camp oven markings https://www.castironcollector.com/forum/go... EBTH sold listing: Griswold No. 8 Tite-Top Dutch oven markings (one example) https://ebth.com/items/4428513-vintage-cas... #Griswold #DutchOven #CastIronCollecting #CastIron #WaltMercer