Gallery | July 2, 2020
20cm and 24cm Gaillard sautésThese mid-20th century Gaillard pans still have 19th-century craftsmanship.
Tag: character
Gallery | April 13, 2020
24cm Gaillard saute and 27cm Jules Gaillard WindsorThe rare stamp on this sauté is the missing link for me that connects two Gaillard “product lines” at the end of the 19th century.
Gallery | January 12, 2020
32cm swing-handled high-top daubièreThis antique piece is a master class in clever construction.
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 | 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.
Gallery | March 6, 2019
40cm Gaillard rondeauFor me, the appeal of early Gaillard copper like this rondeau is both its craftsmanship and character.
Gallery | January 12, 2019
38cm Lefèvre for Wagons-Lits rondeauThis gorgeous rondeau traveled the glamorous railways of Europe.
Retinning & restoration | December 4, 2018
A tale of character loved and lostCopper over years of use builds surface character; overly aggressive restoration can remove it.
Gallery | December 3, 2018
44cm Gaillard sauté “Anglais”This huge and heavy sauté pan has achieved a glorious state of patina.
Gallery | December 2, 2018
36cm sauté with helper handle, “British Transport Commission”A reader helped identify the owner stamps on this pan and fill in some of its history.
Gallery | December 2, 2018
30cm Jules Gaillard rondeauThis is an unrestored pan that I’m not ready to have refurbished because I think it’s just beautiful as it is.