I’ve noticed two types of stampings: Numbered and Coded.
Numbered. This seems to be an earlier type. These are “FE” meaning cast iron, “Belgium”, and a single number. The number looks to be centimeters.
Coded. The pieces stamped with the codes seem to be later. Once again, “FE” and “Belgium”, but the numbering looks like some sort of piece code. I am looking at one of my pieces marked: “8 2-D”, for example. BUT as I look through today’s listing on ebay… there’s on marked “80-A 14″. The whole arrangement seems kind of inscrutable, but it does appear that the larger numbers appear on the pot and the small numbers appear on the lid.
how do the lid #’s correspond with the # or code on the pot, i’ve noticed many pieces on ebay are without the lid, and lids are listed separately, how do i know which lid to buy?
From the le creuset yahoo group…..
• 80-A 14 saucepan = 800ml (filled to the brim), 14cm diameter
• 89-A 18 saucepan = 890ml (filled to the groove where the lid sits on), 18cm diameter