SOLD Civil War Era Hand-soldered Tin Bakers Cup: Measure, Grater, Cutter, Pie Wheel! georgian lady I found this one at

I found this one at my last stop on a relatively fruitless recent loop through southern Maine--just my sort of awkward and lanky (what long ears you have

I've become pretty familiar with certain varieties of Native American baskets of the Northeast and Northwest coasts

with clear intentionality and specificity

two sketches of a woman in traditional dress

I would guess this

SOLD Civil War Era Hand-soldered Tin Bakers Cup: Measure, Grater, Cutter, Pie Wheel! georgian lady I found this one atI'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