Gallery | October 6, 2020
Guest post: Roger’s 32cm plat à sauter“It doesn’t quite fit into the usual categories.”
Tag: Golden Age
Gallery | September 26, 2020
36cm Gaillard for Wagons-Lits rondeau “1706”This Paris-made pan began its career on trains in Spain and Portugal.
Gallery | August 24, 2020
23cm Dehillerin Windsor, “1 Rue Montmartre”This is one of the first pieces Dehillerin ever made.
Identification | August 14, 2020
Guest post: Roger’s lucky findThis was the kind of transaction we all hope for.
Gallery | August 9, 2020
Guest showcase: 36cm Dehillerin daubièreThe weight of this piece and its details make it exceptional.
Gallery | July 24, 2020
23cm Dehillerin saucepan, “Bride of Frankenpan”This pot hasn’t just been repaired — it’s been remade.
Gallery | July 7, 2020
34cm brass-handled saucepan with helper handleHelp me get a handle on the handle on this helper-handled pot. Heh.
Gallery | June 30, 2020
Guest showcase: 16cm and 18cm soup potsThese two pots solved a mystery for me.
Identification | April 23, 2020
The great Parisian department storesThree 19th century department stores, three lines of custom copper cookware.
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 | April 2, 2020
Guest showcase: 30cm oval cocotte for Blaser et CieThis lovely cocotte has graceful touches that mark it as an antique pre-war piece.
Gallery | March 25, 2020
34cm Jones Bros. saucepan “Moulton Paddocks”A historical house, a famous owner, a bygone maker — for me, this pot hits the trifecta.
Gallery | March 24, 2020
20cm stewpot, “Dehillerin Successeur Lagaldie”This little stewpot carries a very early Dehillerin stamp that I had never seen before.
Gallery | March 21, 2020
34cm Jules Gaillard and 36cm J.E. Gaillard saucepansThese two big pots are a master class in 19th and 20th century Gaillard coppercrafting.
Gallery | March 17, 2020
Guest showcase: Trizac saucepans with lidsThese beautiful saucepans and lids are everyday masterpieces from a lesser-known Parisian atelier.