15cm Gaillard marmite bombée, “Marilyn”
This voluptuous piece is from Gaillard’s silver-plated orfèvrerie line.
Etsy
28cm overstamped mystery sauté
Okay, stamp detectives, get out your magnifying glass — you’ll need it for this one.
36cm Dehillerin stewpot “Cité Universitaire de Paris”
The swing handles are just one unusual element of this pre-war stewpot.
14cm double-stamped Vanneuss-Pommier saucepan
This little pot holds a lot of interest for me.
15cm Van Neuss saucepan, “Leopold”
Readers Martin and Nick figured out the provenance of the monogram on this little pot.
23cm Dehillerin saucepan, “Bride of Frankenpan”
This pot hasn’t just been repaired — it’s been remade.
34cm brass-handled saucepan with helper handle
Help me get a handle on the handle on this helper-handled pot. Heh.
20cm and 24cm Gaillard sautés
These mid-20th century Gaillard pans still have 19th-century craftsmanship.
32cm swing-handled high-top daubière
This antique piece is a master class in clever construction.
58cm diamond saumonière
I suspect this unusually-shaped fish poacher was a custom-made piece.
24cm Pommier Windsor
H. Pommier is Belgian, not French, but this Windsor is every bit as beautiful as its French cousins.
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.
14cm Dehillerin soup pot “Hotel de Paris”
This is the Jimmy Stewart of soup pots — tall and skinny and quite charming.
18cm casserole à glacer
This is a charming and well-made glazing saucepan, but I’m not entirely sure it’s French.
22cm soup pot and cul de poule
Seeing these two together reminds me of an old Grace Jones song: I’m not perfect, but I’m perfect for you.
38cm Lefèvre for Wagons-Lits rondeau
This gorgeous rondeau traveled the glamorous railways of Europe.
32cm Dehillerin stewpot “PN”
This is not a flashy piece of copper and yet I find it one of the most beautiful in my
38cm daubière, “Henry VI”
I had a really clever reason for naming this daubière after Henry VI, but really, when it comes down to
40cm Duval daubière, “Charlemagne”
Of all the types of copper pots and pans I have, it is the daubières that seem to have the
