Does anyone have an interest in writing up the Griswold cast iron ware story?
We have many members who collect the pieces but no resident expert. These two articles came up on a search with Google. There are many more references and dealers out there… Griswold & Cast Iron Cookware Association Matthew Griswold and the Selden brothers started their business by manufacturing separable butt hinges and other articles of light hardware in 1865. They worked in a building know as the “Butt Factory.” The building was on West 10th and Chestnut Streets, on the bank of the Erie Extension Canal. The closest I can get to the date they started making cookware is 1865. The name was changed to the Selden & Griswold Manufacturing Company in 1873. The firm was reorganized in 1887, and the Griswold Manufacturing Company was chartered. They added aluminum cookware to their line before the turn of the century. Records show that the first aluminum piece (a tea kettle) was made in approximately 1893. The firm moved onto the corners of 12th and Raspberry Streets in 1903. Griswold Mfg.
