Porridge Skillet, Brass. Dinandier Hallmark. Eighteenth Century

Hammer-mounted bowl, riveted to a flat circle with wrought-iron tail and double crutch. On the bottom, punch of dinandier: SV. Origin: LOW-NORMANDY. We attach a spoonful of porridge, with a skewed edge. In the eighteenth and again in the nineteenth century. the porridge remains the basis of the diet of children as adults of the less well-off social classes. The flour of wheat and spelled is used to prepare the bread reserved for the richest; barley, oats and buckwheat give the ideal flour for the porridge, which is mostly appreciated in the provinces of western France: Brittany, Normandy, Maine. The mixture of milk and flour, heated in a basin acquires a pasty consistency. This porridge can then be consumed as is with a spoon, or annealed in individual long-tailed pans. Diameter: 15 cm. Total length: 56 cm. Eighteenth century Very beautiful state. Free shipping by COLISSIMO for metropolitan France.