Emile Henry began producing oval gratin dishes in 1850, and the company still uses the same high-fired Burgundy clay and the same methods it did back then. Though Henry Dean’s glassware is so today he, too, makes use of primitive techniques: The glass itself is handmade, then formed into shape on wooden molds (Gratin dish, $31.95, cooking.com; glasses, $35, 212-414-4332, ochre.net).
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