When was the Copco Michael Lax cast aluminum line manufactured?  

I have a few pieces...
...to, that Michael gave me when they were introduced...If I remember well it was 1975 or 1976. I am sure it was off the market by 1980 because a Copco Catalogue of that period does not mention it anymore. A few years later Sam lebowitz started to design for Copco.

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Hi Koen, I got this a few weeks ago, never used, definitely Lax Copco. But I can't find any info about it or the range it might have come from.
The sauce pot has a coarse enamel finish, not glossy at all and the support is unglazed.
Any ideas?
I HATE IMAGE SHACK!

It is Copco indeed...
...and Michael Lax designed it.
I will have to dig to find the exact date but a first guess would be early seventies.Maybe even late sixties. The line was made by N.A.Christensen foundry, on the Danish island Morso (the sorry for not finding the barred o on my keyboard. The last o should be crossed). Morso is how the "jernstyberi"...does that looks right for foundry?) is known now especially for very fine wood stoves. When Sam Farber, one of the brightest entrepreneurs the U.S. has produced, was looking for a manufacturer for a line of enameled cookware he found Morso at the end of what was then still a long journey. Apart from stoves they were producing a then popular devise that allowed cows to pump there own water when thirsty...the product was basically made out of two pieces of cast iron. Copco's first line was designed by Sigvard Bernadotte and Michael Lax followed closely. The subsequent collaboration between Knud Larsen from Morso, Sam Farber and Michael Lax is one for the books. In Europe the Morso brand ...and I think the factory...is now owned by AGA, the knowns stove people. I am not sure about the ownership. During the Copco/NA Christensen time, the foundry was owned by "Captain Moller" a relatif of Maersk Mc-Kinny-Moller (nr 84 on the Forbes Billionaires list)
Considering that the sauce-warmer/fondue was a late adition to a line that started in the sixties, my guess is very early sevnties.
http://www.designaddict.com/design_index/index.cfm/fuseaction/designer_s...

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wow Koen! oould I copy your brain onto my hard disk drive?
The cattle pumping their own water is intriguing, especially for Australia where our water situation is so dire though we have water bores on farms that have been uncapped and gushing water for decades. I'll read up on that, thanks again, Heath
ps I allways thought Lax founded Copco

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real design! Looking up cattle nose pumps at 1.00 am,
http://nosepump.com/default.htm