Set of 2 vintage 30s cast aluminum Guardian Service triangular casserole dishes

Set of 2 Vintage Guardian Service cast aluminum casserole pot, two quart capacity. Great vintage condition. 11" wide from handle to handle 7" tall with lid, or 4.25" tall without lid The following history is from an article in the Los Angeles Times by Sam Watters ( https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-apr-03-la-hm-lostla-20100403-story.html ) : Move over, Julie and Julia. Meet Andrew Martin and Damon Kirsche. By profession, a screenwriter and an actor-graphic designer. By avocation, cooks and collectors of vintage kitchenware. They recently shared morsels about a must-have of any collection: Guardian Service, manufactured in the San Fernando Valley when “Father Knows Best” was on the radio Thursday nights. Guardian Service’s stove-top pots branded with a helmeted-knight logo were the products of Century Metalcraft, a Chicago-based cookware company that came to Los Angeles in 1938. The timing was perfect, with post-Depression crash U.S.A. demanding home innovations that helped mom do it all, on a family budget. The mantra of modernity was efficiency through good design, and Metalcraft delivered. Its service was invincible, manufactured with Bakelite, glass and heat-preserving, pressed aluminum. The styling was campfire gothic meets streamlined Art Deco. Hammered finishes, crested handles and polished edges gave the weighty casserole tureen, the Guardian roaster and breakfast fryer a cartoony, Flash Gordon sleekness.