Golden Age – Vintage French Copper

Gallery | August 9, 2020

The weight of this piece and its details make it exceptional.

Gallery | July 24, 2020

This pot hasn’t just been repaired — it’s been remade.

Gallery | July 7, 2020

Help me get a handle on the handle on this helper-handled pot. Heh.

Gallery | June 30, 2020

These two pots solved a mystery for me.

Identification | April 23, 2020

Three 19th century department stores, three lines of custom copper cookware.

Gallery | April 13, 2020

The 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

This lovely cocotte has graceful touches that mark it as an antique pre-war piece.

Gallery | March 25, 2020

A historical house, a famous owner, a bygone maker — for me, this pot hits the trifecta.

Gallery | March 24, 2020

This little stewpot carries a very early Dehillerin stamp that I had never seen before.

Gallery | March 21, 2020

These two big pots are a master class in 19th and 20th century Gaillard coppercrafting.

Gallery | March 17, 2020

These beautiful saucepans and lids are everyday masterpieces from a lesser-known Parisian atelier.

Gallery | March 14, 2020

This pan is… strange.

Gallery | February 25, 2020

These two pans have a wonderful secret: they’re bottom-heavy.

Gallery | February 17, 2020

These sea-faring saucepans — English-made and nickel-lined — belong to reader Roger W.

Gallery | February 15, 2020

I think these are the work of young Jules Gaillard at the start of his forty-year career.

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