Antique Copper Sauté Pan for Hotels Lafayette & Brevoort Nyc

A truly unique and special piece of New York City restaurant history, an antique circa early 1900s copper sauté pan with iron handle and tinned interior, made for The Lafayette & Brevoort hotels in New York City. The hotel Brevoort was housed in a 1834 mansion located at the corner of 5th avenue and 9th street in New York city. In 1902, restaurateur Raymond Orteig purchased the Hotel Brevoort and the Hotel Lafayette right down the street. A native of France, Mr. Orteig modeled the hotels and their restaurants on French precedents. The Cafés, which he opened on the ground floor and basement of the hotels, served up haute French cuisine to notables of the day including Mark Twain, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Eugene O’Neill and George F. Baker. It included Parisian style sidewalk dining, a new feature for manhattan at the time. In fact, the cafe at the Brevoort is known as New York City’s original sidewalk cafe!

In fantastic condition for its age, no big dents or damage, just the kinds of bumps, small marks and signs of use you’d expect from old copper that is about 100+ years old. It sits very flat with excellent symmetry. This pan has been professionally polished, re-tinned and is ready for use! No makers, mark, but construction wise this appears to be a French pan.

Measures just a bit over 8.5 inches across not including handle, 18.75 inches in length including the handle, by just a hair under 3 inches deep. This pot weighs approximately 7 pounds 7 ounces empty. The walls vary from 1.8 mm to 2 mm thick near the rim.