Gallery | December 24, 2020
27cm 3.8mm Gaillard sauté panThis gorgeous piece is a snapshot of Gaillard’s work at the end of the 19th century.
Tag: character
Gallery | July 2, 2020
20cm and 24cm Gaillard sautésThese mid-20th century Gaillard pans still have 19th-century craftsmanship.
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 J. E. 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.