cashinyourcloset
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posted on July 28, 2005 10:03:00 AM
This seems too squat to be a stockpot. It is 14" in diameter, 5" tall (BTW, does anyone have a formula for computing quart capacity based on dimensions?). Looks to me like you'd make stews or goulash in it (to feed an army), but there's probably some descriptive name for it.
BTW, the copper is 3mm thick, and this monster weighs nearly 21 pounds EMPTY!
Any help is appreciated.
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mcjane
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posted on July 28, 2005 10:23:06 AM
My formula for computing is:
Keep pouring & counting quarts of water in it until it's filled. 
That is some pot, very nice too.
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birgittaw
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posted on July 28, 2005 10:24:26 AM
Looks like a saucier. Commercial use generally -- somewhere in the 8 quart range. Take an empty quart or two liter soda bottle and see how much you can get in there. Probably a formula, but I don't know it. Is it hammered? If so, probably not American or French. Any markings?
B/
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cashinyourcloset
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posted on July 28, 2005 11:16:51 AM
It was consigned to me as hand-hammered & French. When you pour into it, do you go to the very top, or do you leave some room?
I saw very few 3mm pots on the web. There was a sauce pot with a similar look and 3mm copper, but it was only 11" diameter.
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mcjane
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posted on July 28, 2005 12:45:02 PM
Cash, just keep filling until you can't get another FULL quart in.
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dadofstickboy
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posted on July 28, 2005 12:49:28 PM
If it were Cast Iron it would be called a: Dutch Oven!
So why not call it a Copper Dutch Oven?
And like the others say: just keep pouring till you see how much it will hold,a great formula!
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sparkz
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posted on July 28, 2005 01:42:02 PM
The capicity is 13.3272 quarts, or 3.3318 gallons, or .4454 cubic feet, or 769.69 cubic inches. Take your choice
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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sanmar
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posted on July 28, 2005 01:47:20 PM
OK sparkz: How many Liters?
Life Is Too Short To Drink Bad Wine
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jackswebb
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posted on July 28, 2005 02:09:15 PM
I have a pan bout the same size as that sooooo,, I did the pouring test, only bottle around here I cold find was a Vodka bottle 1.75 litre it WAS FULL! Well I illiminated that problem I have NO idea how many bottles of water I poured, hic.....
Space is Valuable. It's later than you  .
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sparkz
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posted on July 28, 2005 02:12:33 PM
Sanmar...It's 12.6122 liters.
Jack...That would be 7.2069714 bottles of vodka
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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glassgrl
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posted on July 28, 2005 02:16:18 PM
OOOOOOOH Jack - you owe me a new keyboard - I spit my two buck chuck all over it on that one.
{reminder to myself NOT to read VD posts drinking two buck chuck at the same time}
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niel35
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posted on July 28, 2005 02:27:10 PM
I think its for boullabaise
http://www.hugs.org/Boullabaise.shtml
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sparkz
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posted on July 28, 2005 02:43:55 PM
It's for escargot casseroles.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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cashinyourcloset
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posted on July 28, 2005 02:58:36 PM
I don't know what this thing will fetch, but I sure have gotten lots of laughs out of the Q&A.
And I've learned at least two things: pour until you can't get another full quart in, and it's probably a good idea to take up drinking again
Escargot casserole, does it get any better than that?
Claude
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cblev65252
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posted on July 28, 2005 03:15:15 PM
sparkz
Too, too funny! I wonder if fluffy is reading.
Cheryl
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carolinetyler
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posted on July 28, 2005 07:48:17 PM
I think Jack's more hammered at this point than the pot! It looks like a fish poacher to me (the pot, not Jack).
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Caroline 
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bjboswell
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posted on July 28, 2005 08:06:36 PM
cash please let us know when you list. My husband is a professional chef and we collect good copper. Thanks
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birgittaw
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posted on July 28, 2005 08:08:42 PM
No. A fish poacher looks -- surprise -- like a fish! Long and skinny; think salmon.
B/
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cashinyourcloset
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posted on July 28, 2005 08:11:57 PM
Caroline,
Funny you should mention fish poacher. The same consignor actually gave me what I believe is a fish poacher.
It is not round, but rather a long rectange with rounded corners and a platform that suspends inside the poacher blah blah blah here are 2 pictures:
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birgittaw
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posted on July 28, 2005 08:17:09 PM
Yup. That's a fish poacher.
Perhaps the professional chef can help on the first piece?
B/
[ edited by birgittaw on Jul 28, 2005 08:17 PM ]
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cashinyourcloset
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posted on July 28, 2005 08:19:01 PM
Bjboswell,
I'm shutting down for August, but at least one of the four that I have will go live on Labor Day or perhaps a day or two later.
The consignor paid a small fortune for this stuff and I think it was overkill for his wife. She told me that the large pot in the first picture was heavy for her empty, but filled with goulash, she just couldn't carry it.
I don't want to be negative, but it is always tough to agree a starting bid with the consignor if they have paid a lot for an item and they haven't completely made their peace with the fact that they no longer have need of an item. Sometimes it has to wait until the RE-listing
I had some nice copper at home many years ago, but I've never seen 3mm copper before. It's like a battleship. The other 3 pieces are 2mm copper, but that's not something I'd worry about denting either
Claude
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bjboswell
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posted on July 29, 2005 09:21:39 AM
cash... we were lucky enough to buy several 3 mm pieces from a restaurant going out of business in Paris. My husband loves them... I can't lift them. You are so right about folks coming to terms with price. I will bookmark your page and check in. The poacher is very nice. David says the first piece is a saucier or small (very small for restaurant use) stockpot. Could have been used as a brasier (sp) also. My favorite pieces are the molds. We have some VERY HTF molds. I love them and am always playing hide and go seek for the good unusual ones.
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cashinyourcloset
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posted on July 29, 2005 11:36:50 AM
September 9 at 6:09PM PST. I haven't written up the fish poacher yet.
Claude
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