I am sure I have done several other articles on vintage graniteware items, but I am seeing more and more of it online and brought it to my “What’s It ...

Enamelware was known by many names, including Agateware and Graniteware (brand names) … This week’s artifact evokes images of the Old West, pioneers and sitting around a campfire telling tall ...

That early graniteware was strong and tough, like granite. It’s actually enamelware with a bit of real granite mixed in. Granite City, Ill., got its name from graniteware.

Yes, graniteware does have granite in it, but it’s actually enamelware. The name refers to the mottled look that resembles granite stone. Granite City, Ill., got its name from graniteware.

Enamelware — or granite ware, as it is also called — was produced by firing a glass-like finish to iron or steel and baking for a lasting finish.

The latest book is the ”Collector`s Encyclopedia of Granite Ware-Colors, Shapes and Values,” by Helen Greguire, available for $26.95 postpaid from Collector Books, Box 3009, Paducah, Ky. 42002 ...

Granite City is named not for the rock but instead for graniteware—those midnight-blue enamel pans speckled with white dots that look like a night sky. When it was founded in 1896 as a steel mill ...

I am sure I have done several other articles on vintage graniteware items, but I am seeing more and more of it online and brought it to my “What’s It Worth” Antiques Classes on Tuesday ...