Like An Apple Core Spool with Spikes, Super Satisfying Antique Tenderizer (or Biscuit Pricker), 1876 Patent vintage claws The head itself is painted

The head itself is painted a good dark green

but times two (and far happier)

Green measures 2 5/16" w" x 2 5/16" d x 1 13/16" t

Just a perfectly radiant watercolored tulip on lovely embossed card

Like An Apple Core Spool with Spikes, Super Satisfying Antique Tenderizer (or Biscuit Pricker), 1876 Patent vintage claws The head itself is paintedI found this while toodling around Mid Coast Maine last weekend and it struck me a very beautiful thing, with the form of the handle looking very much like a Shaker apple core spool and then this wonderful dense grid of sharp spikes. It was tagged as a meat tenderizer and I would guess that's right, though there are examples of antique shortbread biscuit prickers used for pricking dough to allow steam to escape of a similar nature, though usually