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<p>[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 9724419, member: 649"]I love old copper kitchenware but only own a couple French pieces, it's soooo expensive, even on the resale market!</p><p><br /></p><p>I've not seen a <i>bowl</i> with dovetail/cramp seam before... I'm wondering if it was done as a repair, which is nevertheless odd. Bowls were intended for whipping sauces and egg whites, not for cooking or use over heat. The weight of a bowl is often due to the iron ring within the rolled rim.</p><p>The dovetails and the rivets <i>appear</i> machine-made <i>to my non-expert eye</i>, which would make the bowl more likely no older than mid-19th century. Has one of the rivets been replaced by a screw?</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps you could try contacting the people behind the <a href="https://www.vintagefrenchcopper.com/about/contact-me/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vintagefrenchcopper.com/about/contact-me/" rel="nofollow">Vintage French Copper</a> website, I'm sure they would have some knowledge on non-French pieces as well as French pieces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 9724419, member: 649"]I love old copper kitchenware but only own a couple French pieces, it's soooo expensive, even on the resale market! I've not seen a [I]bowl[/I] with dovetail/cramp seam before... I'm wondering if it was done as a repair, which is nevertheless odd. Bowls were intended for whipping sauces and egg whites, not for cooking or use over heat. The weight of a bowl is often due to the iron ring within the rolled rim. The dovetails and the rivets [I]appear[/I] machine-made [I]to my non-expert eye[/I], which would make the bowl more likely no older than mid-19th century. Has one of the rivets been replaced by a screw? Perhaps you could try contacting the people behind the [URL='https://www.vintagefrenchcopper.com/about/contact-me/']Vintage French Copper[/URL] website, I'm sure they would have some knowledge on non-French pieces as well as French pieces.[/QUOTE]
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