Gallery | July 7, 2020
34cm brass-handled saucepan with helper handleHelp me get a handle on the handle on this helper-handled pot. Heh.
Tag: Rocky Mountain Retinning
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 | 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 | February 25, 2020
17cm Windsor and 18cm saucepan by Jules GaillardThese two pans have a wonderful secret: they’re bottom-heavy.
Gallery | February 1, 2020
30cm Peter Brux WindsorThe “Brux” is for Bruxelles where the chaudronnerie Peter made beautiful copper.
Gallery | January 26, 2020
Set of three roasting pans, “Les trois sœurs”These three sisters belong together.
Gallery | January 10, 2020
58cm diamond saumonièreI suspect this unusually-shaped fish poacher was a custom-made piece.
Gallery | December 13, 2019
34cm H. Pommier stewpot, “ML”This beautiful piece puts me in mind of the story of why I started cooking with copper.
Advice | December 3, 2019
Can you spot the replaced rivets?Rocky Mountain Retinning re-attached one handle of an antique pot with brand-new rivets. Can you tell which one?
Gallery | December 2, 2019
42cm Wagons-Lits sauté, “OC”This pan watched the turn of the 20th century from the kitchens of one of the most glamorous rail routes in Europe.
Gallery | November 30, 2019
40cm Gaillard 4mm rondeauI think there was a sweet spot in Gaillard production during the first two decades of the 20th century.
Gallery | October 27, 2019
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.