Historic Army & Navy Marked Saucepan with an A La Ménagère PARIS lid. RETINNED and ready to use in your kitchen. 6lb 9oz. (1871-1934).

Pan also STAMPED BM in a very large size font and lid stamped "21".

WOW!

According to VintageFrencCopper.com:
https://www.vintagefrenchcopper.com/identification/stamps/index-of-store-stamps/#alamenagere

This department store on the ground floor of the magnificent building at 20 Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle was one of the grandest retail emporia in Paris from its inception in 1863 until it closed in 1930. A La Ménagère copper doesn’t have a store stamp in the conventional sense — that is, there is nothing stamped into the body of the copper. Instead, the store name is stamped onto the upper surface of the iron handle.

The store existed as “A La Ménagère” from 1863 to 1899 after which it was known as “Galeries de la Ménagère.” The handles are stamped “A La Ménagère”, which suggests to me that the copper was produced before 1899; after that point, the stamp should have been changed to “De La Ménagère” to match the store’s renaming. Based on this, I propose that a piece of copper carrying the A La Ménagère handle design was produced between 1863 and 1899.

According to Oldcopper.org:
https://oldcopper.org/marks/marks_a.php

Army and Navy Stores, established in Victoria Street, London in 1871. The 'CSL' was added to the mark for 'Co-operative Society Ltd' until 1934. Since 1973 the store has been part of House of Fraser.

DIMENSIONS:
17-3/8"x8-1/2"x5-1/8"

WEIGHT:
2.976kg
6lb 9oz

2.2mm thick

RETINNED and ready to use!
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