Allez Frères Stamped, Beveled 6-1/4" French Sauce Pan with Hammered Finish. 2lb. 5oz, 1.6mm. As Found.

According to VintageFrenchCopper.com:
https://www.vintagefrenchcopper.com/identification/stamps/index-of-store-stamps/#allezfreres
The Allez brothers (and sometimes nephews and sons) operated a hardware and department store in Les Halles in Paris from 1803 into the 1930s. The store furnished the great hotels and houses of Europe with everything from bathtubs to garden furniture and, yes, beautiful copper. Their iron-handled pans can be easily recognized by the trefoil base...distinctive iron handle baseplate that I have nicknamed the 'trefoil' because of its three-leafed shapes. [In] the traveling “Downton Abbey” exhibition in Boston in July 2019...if you look closely at the saucepans on the shelf over the stove you will see some of them appear to be Allez Frères pans, which would be correct for the timing of the television show."

STAMPED:
-Etablissements Allez Frères Paris
-16

DIMENSIONS:
6-1/4" DIA
3-1/4" Tall
12-1/2" Length

WEIGHT:
1.06kg
2lb. 5oz.

THICKNESS:
1.6mm

NOTE: Pan is slightly out of round.

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