It has been suggested that the I.F. logo to the tip of the handle may relate to the founder John Fathers. A similar skillet with the same motto sold in these rooms, The John Fardon Collection, 1 May 1996, lot 173.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
J. Seymour Lindsay, Iron and Brass Implements of the English House, Tiranti, London 1970. A comparative example illustrated fig.117.
Rupert Gentle and Rachael Field, Domestic Metalwork 1640-1820, Antique Collector's Club, Woodbridge 1994. Page 245, fig.4.