Pair Of Antique Copper Cake Molds, Made By Letang Pastry Shop, Late 19th Century

Two copper cake molds, bearing the maker's mark of a rooster for the Letang company, founded in 1832, and model numbers 249 and 253, dating from the late 19th century. On March 8, 1878, Théodore Jean Baptiste Letang filed patent 123,073 for "types of molds for chocolates, pastries, and confectionery made of copper, sheet metal, tinplate, or nickel-plated tin." His invention consisted of "applying nickel plating to molds made of iron, copper, brass, bronze, tinplate, or zinc." The use of this new type of mold was intended to replace the manufacture and use of molds made of tin or tin-plated iron. The manufacturer emphasized the superior quality of the finished products, whose glaze and shine were impeccable. Mold on the left (11 cm high and 13.5 cm in diameter) and on the right (9 cm high and 11.5 cm in diameter).