Copper Hearth Pan.

Copper hearth pan or “Lechefrite,” an essential pan for catching the fat and natural juices from the meat roasting on a fireplace spit above. Once the roast had been basted with salted butter, pepper, shallots, and parsley, the juices dripped into the pan below and once the meat was golden brown on all sides, the lechefrite would have been deglazed with a little water or wine. The pan would also have been used to cook the vegetables accompanying the meat. Copper, tin lined, with wrought iron handle. It would make a unique culinary collectible, hung from the handle. From the Languedoc region of France. Ca. 1825.

Hearth pan (C502). Dimensions: 18”W x 8”D x 1.25”H, plus 12” footed handle. Shipping: $18.