GENUINE 18/19TH CENTURY~CAPE DUTCH~MELK TERT COPPER PAN AND LID~MUSEUM QUALITY

A WORD OF SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR DILIGENT BOB'ER....FOR ALL THE PAINSTAKING EFFORTS IN ENSURING WE SELLERS LIST OUR GOODS IN THE CORRECT CATEGORIES....BOB SHOULD BE PROUD. HOPE THE ABOVE LOT LISTED UNDER AFRICANA IS APPROPRIATE.....PLEASE LET ME KNOW VIA COMMUNITY WATCH IF THERE IS A PROBLEM, THANKS SO MUCH.

WHAT AN INTERESTING FIND........A FAMILY HEIRLOOM......PURCHASED DIRECTLY FROM AN OLD CLIENT WHO IS IN HER EIGHTIES AND WHO AS A CHILD, REMEMBERS HER GRANDMOTHER COOKING MELK TERT ON COALS WITH THESE VERY SAME UTENSILS. SOME RESEARCH CONFIRMED HER STORY. BROUGHT TO SOUTH AFRICA BY THE DUTCH HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO....THE ORIGINAL MELK TERT RECIPE HAS EVOLVED INTO ONE OF SA'S MOST FAMOUS EDIBLE DELIGHTS. HOWEVER LONG BEFORE ELECTRICITY THESE TASTY DELICASIES WERE MADE ON COPPER PANS WITH THREE IRON LEGS AND HOT COALS UNDERNEATH. THEN THE TOP LID SECTION WITH A HANDLE WAS PLACED OVER THE TERT AND HOT ASH OR COAL WAS PLACED AROUND THE INSIDE OF THE LID IN ORDER TO COMPLETE COOKING THE FILLING AND GET IT TO RISE.

THIS PAN AND LID IS COMPLETELY ORIGINAL AND CERTAINLY DATES FROM THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY OR BEFORE AND WAS PROBABLY CUSTOM MADE SOMEWHERE IN THE CAPE PROVINCE. AUTHENTIC IRON LEGS AND HANDLE TO THE BOTTOM PAN WITH COPPER RIVETS. LID HAS A 7CM WIDE RIM AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE WITH IRON OR METAL HANDLE FOR GRIP. ANTIQUE STYLE BRASS JOIN SEEN ON THE LID, A SURE SIGN OF AGE AND AUTHENTICITY. ANOTHER FEATURE CONFIRMING CONSIDERABLE AGE IS THE FINE MIRROR LIKE PATINA OR SHEEN SEEN ON BOTH ITEMS, ONE CAN LITERALLY SEE YOUR FACE IN THE SURFACE AREAS. SIGNS OF TIN OR SOME OTHER MATERIAL VISIBLE ON THE PAN COOKING SURFACE AND LID SURFACE WAS WORKED ONTO THE COPPER TO ENSURE INGRIDIENTS DIDN'T COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE COPPER. CERTAINLY AN ITEM ONE WOULD MOST LIKELY FIND IN A VOORTREKKER MUSEUM, RARE TO FIND SUCH AMAZING AFRICANA ITEMS IN A PRIVATE COLLECTION WOW. CONDITION IS COMMENSURATE WITH ADVANCED AGE. A FEW LIGHT DINGS AND SHALLOW DENTS AND A SMALL SPLIT HERE AND THERE, BUT STILL VISUALLY PLEASING AND WOULD MAKE A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY KITCHEN OR COPPER COLLECTION. LID STILL FITS REASONABLY WELL AND IS THE SAME DIMENSION AS THE PAN.

PAN MEASURES ABOUT 42CM HANDLE TO HANDLE.....ABOUT 31,5CM DIAMETER AND ABOUT 26CM HIGH FEET INCLUDED. LID MEASURES ABOUT 31,5CM DIAMETER AND ABOUT 7CM WIDE AT THE RIM.

AVAILABLE ONLY WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA..............POST R47.