~~Early Tin Flatback Cookie Cutter - "Detailed Bird" - Berks County~~


I am offering for your consideration an early Pennsylvania tin flatback cookie cutter of a detailed little bird. Oh So Sweet!

The tin is well oxidized and the form is simply charming! There is a nice large centered hole as expected with an early flatback.

A "Flatback" cookie cutter is the forerunner of the later ones made with a handle. They do not have a handle, nor did they ever have one! They were made with a hole, at times somewhat large, in the flat tin backer. They would have been handled by either the edge of the tin backer or the hole, depending on its size.

It is 3 inches tall and 3 3/4 inches wide. No repairs & no restoration.

Circa: 19th c. Berks County Pennsylvania origin.









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