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Vintage Le Creuset
Before Le Creuset became a lifestyle brand, it was a French foundry shipping enamelled cast iron in shades you can't buy new anymore. These 12 vintage colours span the era collectors care about — the ones that carry real resale value when they turn up at estate sales and auctions.
12 vintage colours·Era: 1926–2005·12 rare or grail-tier
- Brown·GrailFonte des Alps1926–1950·France
- Yellow·GrailGrapefruit1930–1960·France
- Neutral·GrailAnthracite1950–1970·France
- Red·GrailGrenade1950–1970·France
- Orange·GrailPamplemousseaka Pamplemouse1950–1970·France
- Green·GrailVert Florentinaka Vert Flore1950–1970·France
- Yellow·GrailElysée Yellowaka Elysee Yellow1955–1975·France
- Blue·GrailGauloises Blue1962–1980·France
- Blue·RareBleu Bell1970–1990·France
- Green·RareHunter Green1995–2005·USA
- Brown·RarePueblo Brownaka Brown1995–2005·USA
- Blue·RareSapphireaka Saphire, Sapphire1995–2005·USA