Hammered Copper Tourtière Pie Pan France Early 1800's ANTIQUE
The tourtière is the pan of choice for cooking a traditional meat pie (the French word tourtes translates as pies). Served in a tapered shallow pan these hearty double crusted delights are filled with local game, pork or with other meats.
Now available to purchase from our website is this early 1800's version of the lidded pie pan. Together with its matching lid both are quality hand crafted pieces made from copper sheets and hammered into shape by an exceptional metal worker. Thickness of the copper pan is around 3mm, the lid is a little thinner. The handles with pointed decorations are hand forged and attached with handmade rivets. The pan dish and lid have rounded rims, again skilfully hand shaped.
A lovely pressed repeat pattern of an abstract shape can be seen just above the rim of the lid. This same decoration was pressed into the exterior of the pan dish, as well as small engraved shapes into the interior. Most of this has unfortunately been worn away with the scouring and scrubbing of the pan over the last two centuries.
Considering the age of this lovely copper tourtière, this pie pan with fitted lid is in great condition. As expected there are many signs of use and wear, but the pan is sturdy and solid with a well fitting lid. It has received a careful clean in our workshops to keep its aged look. This antique pan with its lovely tapered shape and long handles could be the new centre piece of your kitchenalia collection!
