Brazier or brasero

The brazier is the oldest form of indoor heating after the open floor hearth. The oldest braziers found were cup-shaped, of terracotta, without air inlets. This type of brazier remained in use in modest households until the middle of the Middle Ages in France, and is still used today in North Africa. But as soon as metalworking was mastered, braziers of the same shape appeared in bronze and then in steel.

In Antiquity, the Greeks heated themselves with the “tripod” and the Romans with the “foculus”. Both were metal basins, always very light, which could be carried from one place to another. They were filled with charcoal prepared with particular care and kept covered with ashes.

They were gradually replaced by braziers of openwork steel bars, easier to make, often square and therefore more portable.

The braziers offered here are steel bowls on a tripod. To make them easier to use today, the bowl is not pierced, so that embers do not fall on the ground. This makes them better suited to use in camp. They can therefore heat a small room or a large tent, or serve as a raised cooking fire.

Dimensions: 40 cm diameter
Steel 6 mm thick
Other sizes on request

These braziers can also be made in bronze (on request).