Antique Copper Saucepan with Iron Handle from Établissements Allez Frères Paris

Description

An antique copper and tin lined saucepan with the store stamp on the copper reading “Établissements Allez Frères Paris.” The … more An antique copper and tin lined saucepan with the store stamp on the copper reading “Établissements Allez Frères Paris.” The iron handle has a “trefoil” shaped base plate with copper rivets. The hanging loop on the handle is a keyhole shape with a flat base and rounded top. To the left of the handle are two stamps ""14"" and ""GR"".
Provenance:
Property from a Litchfield, Connecticut Estate Collection

About Copper Cookware:
Copper has played an important role in culinary history for centuries. No other metal can be counted on to absorb heat and distribute it as rapidly and evenly as copper. Similarly, when removed from the heat copper responds quickly. As a result of the responsiveness of copper cookware it has been the go-to choice for chefs and cooks all over the world.

About Allez Frères:
Allez Frères was a large French hardware store located at 1 Rue Saint-Martin, Paris from 1856 into the 1930s. Allez Frères commissioned their copper cookware from Villedieu-les-Poêles. Allez Frères began offering its line of copper cookware in 1873. The last catalog showing copper pots with the distinctive trefoil handles is dated 1908. After that, copper cookware in the catalog has handles with the classic horizontal lozenge shape." less