This photo is from a current ebay sale. They have it priced at $375. What? That price is outrageous! My thrift store find was only a few dollars. I plan to use it as a soup pot. It looks great in my kitchen sitting on the stove!
The pot was made post WWW II, in Oudenaarde, Belgium. It was imported to the USA. Descoware became well known and was the creme de la creme of cookware. It seemed to be available to the US homemaker, and most had at least one in her kitchen. This cookware is cast iron with enameled exterior. The interior has a patented "Glissemaille" coating that adds to the durability.
A vintage Descoware Sunny Yellow pot in excellent condition. This piece is very rare, the same pot Julia Child had in her house (hers was Flame). Julia raved about the cookware and that it was the best that she had. Sunny yellow is the vintage color Marilyn Monroe collected. It is marked on the bottom, " Descoware, Made in Belgium".
Is is 7 1/4" high, 8" wide at belly. The cooking area: 5 3/4" deep, 6" wide at top, 8" wide at belly, 3 1/8" contact diameter at foot. It weighs 5 lbs. 8 oz.
