Gallery | February 23, 2020
Guest showcase: 50cm dovetailed turbotièreThese kite-shaped fish poachers are perhaps the most eye-catching piece in the classic French batterie de cuisine.
For the love of it
Vintage copper I love
Gallery | February 23, 2020
Guest showcase: 50cm dovetailed turbotièreThese kite-shaped fish poachers are perhaps the most eye-catching piece in the classic French batterie de cuisine.
Gallery | February 17, 2020
Guest showcase: Elkington saucepans for P&OThese sea-faring saucepans — English-made and nickel-lined — belong to reader Roger W.
Gallery | February 15, 2020
Guest showcase: Two Jules Gaillard oval cocottesI think these are the work of young Jules Gaillard at the start of his forty-year career.
Gallery | February 10, 2020
27cm Van Neuss-Pommier saucepanLike H. Pommier himself, this saucepan has a lot of Van Neuss DNA in it.
Gallery | February 1, 2020
30cm Peter Brux WindsorThe “Brux” is for Bruxelles where the chaudronnerie Peter made beautiful copper.
Gallery | January 26, 2020
Set of three roasting pans, “Les trois sœurs”These three sisters belong together.
Gallery | January 12, 2020
32cm swing-handled high-top daubièreThis antique piece is a master class in clever construction.
Gallery | January 10, 2020
58cm diamond saumonièreI suspect this unusually-shaped fish poacher was a custom-made piece.
Gallery | January 8, 2020
Guest showcase: L. Jean, Legry, and Jacquotot saucepansA reader has given us an opportunity to see the work of three rare French makers side by side.
Gallery | December 13, 2019
34cm H. Pommier stewpot, “ML”This beautiful piece puts me in mind of the story of why I started cooking with copper.
Gallery | December 2, 2019
42cm Wagons-Lits sauté, “OC”This pan watched the turn of the 20th century from the kitchens of one of the most glamorous rail routes in Europe.
Gallery | November 30, 2019
40cm J. Gaillard 4mm rondeauI think there was a sweet spot in Gaillard production during the first two decades of the 20th century.
Gallery | November 21, 2019
40cm Lamalle side-handled daubièreThis is like having two pans in one. Two big, really heavy pans.
Gallery | November 3, 2019
24cm Pommier WindsorH. Pommier is Belgian, not French, but this Windsor is every bit as beautiful as its French cousins.