Publisher's Synopsis
The first and only book for collectors of cast-iron Bundt pans. Includes pans from both the US and Germany. Many of the cast-iron foundries in Germany were converted to support the German military during WWI and WWII. Unfortunately for these foundries, this made them prime military targets. The result was many of the foundries were destroyed, along with all their records, catalogs, patterns, and molds. Little information was left behind for collectors to research and catalog the foundry marks on many of the collectible pans cast in Germany. Known manufacturers covered include the following: Berkley Machine Works and Foundry Co. Buzuluk a.s. Cousances-Le Creuset Eisenwerk Lauchhammer Eisenwerk Martinlamitz GmbH Frank'sche Eisenwerk GmbH Gottbill ser Erben Eisenwerk Griswold Manufacturing Co. Frank W Hay and Sons J. C. Roberts John Wright Company Lodge Manufacturing Co. Savery and Co. Wagner Manufacturing Co. Wegierska Górka Eisenwerk Zelezárny a Smaltovny Bartelmus a.s. The author has spent years researching and compiling one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of American cast-iron bundt and European gugelhupf pans in the world. Besides documenting and cataloging the known American Bundt pans, the author exhaustively researched foundry archives, catalogs, and brochures in Germany, France, the Czech Republic, and Poland, gathering information on more than 75 previously undocumented cast-iron gugelhupf pans. The book contains more than 500 images and includes information on identification, rareness, and values.
