Location: Baton Rouge
19th Century Copper Egg Poacher was designed to poach a half dozen eggs in a wood-burning oven or open fireplace. Extended hand-turned handle with wooden grip made it possible to remove the cooked eggs without using a mitt. The handle has affixed to the poacher with hand-hammered solid copper rivets. Copper was chosen as the primary metal for its heat transfer characteristics, and this example was lined in tin on the food side as tin is a more stable metal that doesn't affect the taste of cooked items.
Circa 1840s
Measures 29H x 10.5W x 4D
