Guest post: Gerhard’s lucky find
“I hadn’t noticed the maker’s mark, and I’m pretty sure the dealer hadn’t noticed it either.”
Golden Age
Guest showcase: Stephen’s 50cm sauté
Yes, you read that right: it’s almost 20 inches across, and that’s just the body of the pan.
28cm overstamped mystery sauté
Okay, stamp detectives, get out your magnifying glass — you’ll need it for this one.
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.
DITR: 24cm Miquelard sauté pan
When a seller underestimates the quality of a piece, it can mean that a deal is to be had.
34cm sauté with fitted lid for Blaser et Cie
This hefty sauté pan is a beautiful example of 1920s-1930s copper.
36cm Pommier tall stewpot with tap
This is my first pot with a tap and I have to say, I am absolutely delighted with it.
36cm Gaillard for Wagons-Lits rondeau “1706”
This Paris-made pan began its career on trains in Spain and Portugal.
23cm Dehillerin Windsor, “1 Rue Montmartre”
This is one of the first pieces Dehillerin ever made.
Guest showcase: 36cm Dehillerin daubière
The weight of this piece and its details make it exceptional.
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.
The great Parisian department stores
Three 19th-century department stores, three lines of custom copper cookware.
Guest showcase: 30cm oval cocotte for Blaser et Cie
This lovely cocotte has graceful touches that mark it as an antique pre-war piece.
34cm Jones Bros. saucepan “Moulton Paddocks”
A historical house, a famous owner, a bygone maker — for me, this pot hits the trifecta.
20cm stewpot, “Dehillerin Successeur Lagaldie”
This little stewpot carries a very early Dehillerin stamp that I had never seen before.
34cm Jules Gaillard and 36cm J. E. Gaillard saucepans
These two big pots are a master class in 20th century Gaillard coppercrafting.
Guest showcase: Trizac saucepans with lids
These beautiful saucepans and lids are everyday masterpieces from a lesser-known Parisian atelier.
17cm Windsor and 18cm saucepan by Jules Gaillard
These two pans have a wonderful secret: they’re bottom-heavy.
Guest showcase: Elkington saucepans for P&O
These sea-faring saucepans — English-made and nickel-lined — belong to reader Roger W.
Guest showcase: Two Jules Gaillard oval cocottes
I think these are the work of young Jules Gaillard at the start of his forty-year career.
27cm Van Neuss-Pommier saucepan
Like H. Pommier himself, this saucepan has a lot of Van Neuss DNA in it.