Gallery | October 27, 2019
36cm rondeaux “Omnium Hotelier” and “The Bailey’s Hotel”These two pans present an opportunity to compare 19th and 20th century construction side-by-side.
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Vintage copper I love
Gallery | October 17, 2019
23cm braisière “Alfonso & Victoria Eugenie”This beautiful piece served in the Spanish royal court.
Gallery | October 13, 2019
Guest showcase: 50cm restored Gaillard rondeauThis newly restored pot is so beautifully proportioned that it doesn’t quite come across in photos just how enormous it actually is.
Gallery | October 6, 2019
41cm sauté with helper handle, “Waldorf Hotel”This beautiful pan has served in one of the finest restaurants in the world — and I think I know which one.
Gallery | October 3, 2019
20cm Adolf Witt saucepan “1896”The number on this pan’s handle is the year it was made.
Gallery | September 30, 2019
Ruthless pragmatism meets whimsical luxury: The brass duck pressWhen life hands you a dead duck, make canard à la rouennaise.
Gallery | September 18, 2019
40cm Mauviel truitièreThis is one of the few single-purpose pans in the French batterie de cuisine.
Gallery | September 15, 2019
Guest showcase: 46cm Gaillard rondeauThis gorgeous specimen belongs to reader and collector Stephen Whalen, and it’s a beauty.
Gallery | September 13, 2019
14cm Dehillerin soup pot “Hotel de Paris”This is the Jimmy Stewart of soup pots — tall and skinny and quite charming.
Gallery | September 12, 2019
30cm J. Gaillard silver-lined truitièreThis pan is a piece of luxury cookware.
Gallery | August 20, 2019
19cm and 20cm sauté pans “Louise”A reader has helped me identify the maker, and also the likely former (royal) owner of these beautiful and unusual pans.
Gallery | August 14, 2019
26cm Mauviel for Bridge Kitchenware sauté with helper handleThis is a great pan, and Fred Bridge made it even better.
Gallery | August 12, 2019
14cm Allez Frères saucepan and 22cm Grands Magasins du Louvre sautéThese aren’t just lovely antique pans — they’re examples of 19th century retail branding.
Gallery | July 27, 2019
16cm and 18cm stewpots, “Les mystérieuses”Like enigmatic heiresses in an Agatha Christie mystery, these two sisters drop tantalizing clues about their history.