On 6/8/2015 12:13 AM, wrote:
> On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 2:00:03 PM UTC-7, koko wrote:
>> I bought this at a community yard sale for .50 cents. I don't know
>> what this is, do you? It's made in Holland and it's all copper with a
>> porcelain handle.The inside bottom is convex, the pan itself is 7
>> inches long by 5 1/2 inches wide.
>> I'm cleaning it up, and man, does it ever need cleaning, it's going to
>> take a while to get it looking good.
>> I doubt I'll use it if I ever find out what it is, but I think it will
>> make the cutest kitchen decoration.
>>
>> Link to photos of the pan
>> https://www.flickr.com/gp/koko181/PU088b
>>
>
> Copper cooking pans need to be tinned if acidic foods might be cooked
> in them, to avoid copper toxicity. (And molten tin will join copper together.) The interior bottom of this pan looks like it never saw tin. In fact, it
> looks corroded.
>
> Although short handled, I wonder if it could be a bed warmer. Then
> the interior finish wouldn't matter.
>
No apparent lid to contain the coals, unlikely.

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/antique-bed-warmer