Pressure cooker, Plusvit

Datasheet
Type of object
Pressure cooker
Origin
Germany
Technique and material

Aluminium

Date
20th century
Dimensions
53 x 22 cm

This aluminium pan is used for pressure steam cooking: the handle hermetically seals the lid onto the pan below. Denis Papin created the very first prototype, called ‘the digesteur’, in 1679.