Brass Items 2 of 5

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Southeast of Paris, in Chaumont, France, we went to the antique market held in the town hall, where Emmy acquired a brass canister. It is 5 1/2 inches in diameter, 7 inches high, with two handles. Something beautiful, something useful, and something used in our kitchen as a sugar canister.
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Not far from Perigueux, France, we stopped at an antique market that filled a building and the area nearby. When Emmy had a problem negotiating for a couple of copper and brass items, some people standing nearby, helped. One brass device is 13” in diameter, and 7” high. A “lid” fits down inside an inch or two from the top, and there is an “island” in the middle of the lid to place the small brass hot water kettle — with kettle the whole thing is about 16 inches high.

It appears that cookies, or other snacks can be kept warm around that “island.” The idea seems to be that burning charcoal in the bottom will keep both the water kettle and the snacks, warm.

The people who helped with the negotiations are from Scotland, and had refurbished a nearby French farmhouse as their summer home. They invited us to spend the night in our RV in their driveway. An excellent campsite.
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The other item they helped Emmy negotiate for, is a heavy copper pot, 9 1/2 inches by 11 inches. It is oval at the top, with a bulge near the bottom. At each end are wide handles. The lid has a 4 inch high curved handle.