SOLD Civil War Era Hand-soldered Tin Bakers Cup: Measure, Grater, Cutter, Pie Wheel! early photograph the presence of that broken

the presence of that broken stem

the form wonderfully graphic and sculptural

so even though there are splits on both sides

a curiously placed window hovering in limbo

Salem or Boston

SOLD Civil War Era Hand-soldered Tin Bakers Cup: Measure, Grater, Cutter, Pie Wheel! early photograph the presence of that brokenI'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