{"product_id":"antique-french-copper-9-hole-escargot-poaching-pan","title":"Antique French Copper 9-Hole Escargot \/ Poaching Pan","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is an uncompromising, industrial severity to historic French culinary copper, even when designed for something as distinctly regional as cooking snails. This substantial, heavy-gauge copper pan features nine beautifully hammered indentations and two robust, sand-cast brass handles secured by iron rivets. While it may have spent its early life resting on a roaring Parisian stove, it has mellowed into an object of pure sculptural character. Having previously sat unappreciated in storage, it has been given a complete workshop clean to lift away decades of greasy grime, revealing a deeply textured, historic surface that sits precisely on the dividing line between beautifully distressed and richly patinated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHonest Anatomy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pan is a heavy, thick-walled utility piece measuring 29 cm (11.5 inches) in diameter—extending to 34 cm across the handles—with a side wall height of 6.5 cm. The exterior copper has oxidized over the decades into a striking spectrum of deep, dull fire-reds and plum tones, accented by honest traces of verdigris around the brass handles. The interior reveals a heavily weathered, hand-wiped tin lining that has largely oxidized to a dark grey matte finish, accompanied by vivid green copper-carbonate blooms in the hollows. To be entirely explicit: the interior tinning is completely spent and degraded. This piece is offered strictly as a striking rustic wall hanging or a centerpiece display object; under no circumstances should it be used for cooking or direct food contact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpecifications \u0026amp; Keywords\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Origin: Made in France\u003cbr\u003e• Material: Heavy-gauge copper, cast brass handles, iron rivets\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Circa 1900–1920\u003cbr\u003e• Form: 9-hole escargot pan \/ egg poaching dish\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: 29 cm diameter x 6.5 cm high\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"A Nice Old Thing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64195270279498,"sku":"ANT-26-11-02-15-23","price":39.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1010\/9317\/9722\/files\/IMG_0829.jpg?v=1793632848","url":"https:\/\/aniceoldthing.com\/products\/antique-french-copper-9-hole-escargot-poaching-pan","provider":"A Nice Old Thing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}