Beautiful Old Set of Graduated Biscuit Cutters in Shaped Lidded Tin us food administration 1928 on reverse

1928 on reverse

3 3/4" across at opening

but of course its always the mystery and multiplicity of aspects held in Inuit carvings like this that makes me love them so much

as if it has been walking around for the past 150 years or so

Beautiful Old Set of Graduated Biscuit Cutters in Shaped Lidded Tin us food administration 1928 on reverseSomething about a nesting set of incrementally sized things fitting neatly together gets me every time so formally satisfying, and maximally efficient! And even better that they should close up inside such an excellent looking faceted soldered tin box as this one. This set makes me think as much of geometric solids as it does of biscuit making, and when un nested and spread out, these metallic diamond shaped cutters feel as much like a minimalist