Striking and Uncommon Antique Soldered Tin Leaf Cutter (Presumed for Making Glass Domed Wax Flowers) folk art kittens but in overall excellent condition

but in overall excellent condition

Like paint decorated American wooden furniture and boxes

spool holder posts along both sides

) A rorschach test of a bowl

4 3/4" t x 3 9/16 w (at base)

Striking and Uncommon Antique Soldered Tin Leaf Cutter (Presumed for Making Glass Domed Wax Flowers) folk art kittens but in overall excellent conditionI purchased this first and foremost because I found it super beautiful as both a sculptural object and a line drawing of sorts, too each of those curvaceous leaves hand soldered to the flat tin back, with sharp edges exposed clearly made for cutting. (And of course I especially love the heart at the stem end.) But it is also quite unusual in my experience to see a tin cutting form segmented like this, and I've realized since that it was probably made