Dinner Holder, Pewter. J. Dusaussois Paris. 18th Century.

Apple-shaped body, short molded foot, rimmed throat. Handle with median ridge, dangling on mumps. Lid serving as a bowl with side fretel. On the outer bottom, and inside the lid, punch of Jacques DUSAUSSOIS, master in PARIS in 1763. Control of the city with the navicelle. In the 18th century. and again in the 19th century, the popular social classes mainly fed on soaked soup (of bread), made from cabbage, peas, turnips, chard. The less needy add a few pieces of bacon. Armed with their lunch bags, workers, peasants, employees and school children eat their dinner between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., at their place of work. If we consider the nature of the metal of the dinner carrier, tin melting at 230°, it seems impossible to heat the contents on a heat source. Dinner, by obligation, thus became a simple picnic. One might be surprised at the narrowness of the geographical areas of production of these dinner carriers: Ile de France, Beauce, Anjou, Champagne, Bourgogne Auxerroise. This is probably because in other regions, materials other than tin were used to make containers for the same purpose. This is how small covered cauldrons, copper pots, terracotta pots, tin bowls did the job very well. Height at the lid: 18 cm. Diameter at the equator: 18 cm. 18th century period. Very good condition. Free shipping by COLISSIMO for metropolitan France.