SOLD Civil War Era Hand-soldered Tin Bakers Cup: Measure, Grater, Cutter, Pie Wheel! stone cut print It's not precious--the wire branches

It's not precious--the wire branches can be reshaped somewhat as desired and the base is plastic

Just gorgeous and a wonderful thing to hold in one's hands

And then her blushing face seems straight out of a John Currin painting

I've gotten to where I think there is nothing I like more than drawings like these

SOLD Civil War Era Hand-soldered Tin Bakers Cup: Measure, Grater, Cutter, Pie Wheel! stone cut print It's not precious--the wire branchesI've found exactly other tin cup like this before, several years ago, but that's the only other I've seen. A pretty ingenious, make do feeling thing combining grater on one side, pie wheel out front and biscuit cutter on the bottom, and meant to function as a measuring cup too, I presume. I believe a Civil War era creation, soldered together of tin and certainly a useful thing for an army cook (and any cook!) to have on hand, a sort of one man band