Show VERY CURIOUS FRYING PAN relic in the cluny museum in paris its remarkable history at me cluny museum in paris la a interesting relic ot which this Is the history it appears that one day a year or BO ago the curator of the museum happened to visit a small restaurant in the suburb of saint denis in which the bamo room served for dining room and kitchen while waiting to be served the cu raters eye was caught by a frying pan of most unusual appearance that hung upon the wall he took it down carefully removed some of the soot with which it was covered and made out part ot an inscription what he found interested him so much that he bought the old pan when it was properly cleaned it was found to bear the arms t france and navarre surrounded by the chain of st louis and the cord of the order of saint esprit and this inscription as well here lies the magnificent prince king louis XIV king of france and navarre in pace it was the plate that had been fast ened to the coffin of louis XIV when the burial vaults of the royal family in the populace of 1793 it had been wrenched from the coffin fitted with a handle and turned into a frying pan the relic may now be seen in the cluny museum the handle has been removed but three holes show where it was attached |