Button-hole cutter, creaser or marking tool is silver plated ferrous metal.
In form of a miniature spoon with a blade instead of a bowl. Blade is eye-shaped with raised midline extending from tip to tip. Edges of blade are fairly sharp. Handle end has the bust of a crowned femal monarch with long flowing hair and necklace above a decorative base of scrolls surrounding a cabochon. Shaft of tool is similar to an architectural column. Entire handle is made of two identical halves, cast and joined with side seams visible.
Provenance
Collected by Lillian Hollings Kiker, born to Scottish Americans who lived in New Jersey. Born (1912) and lived in New Jersey, last of Egg Harbor, she was active with quilting, sewing, knitting & crocheting. Collection inherited by donor when her mother passed away.
Some tarnish overall. Large dent in one cabochon and small dent in the other.
Object ID
G.05.15.19
Notes
See another example of this ring found on internet in this file. Iguala is a town near the renowned silvermaking town of Taxco (near the west coast of Mexico) where William Spratling, in the 1930s, famously reinstituted the silver industry and craftsmanship that had died centuries before.
Credit
Gift of Susan Garofola in memory of Lillian Kiker (mother), Heritage Center Collection
Commercially made doughnut cutter with handle, made of tinned sheet iron. Sides comprise round cutter with additional concentrically positioned cutter (1 1/8" diameter) nearer center. Domed top has two air holes. Strap handle bent in angular shape has terminals soldered to sides of top.
Tinned sheet iron. Single tulip with full bulbous shape and two curving petals. Design outlined with one1/2" wide metal strip soldered to perforated base. One large central air hole and one small nail hole.
Tinned sheet iron. Running rabbit design facing right. Formed with two 3/4" wide metal strips soldered to base with one large air hole and two nail holes. Overlapped seam.
Tinned sheet iron. Unusual fish design with two fins above and below. Outlined with two 3/4" wide metal strips soldered to perforated base. Two large air holes
Tinned sheet iron. Running stag design, facing left. Outlined with one 1/2" wide metal strip soldered to perforated base. Two small air holes and two tiny nail holes.
Handle removed, solder remnants. Heavily rusted over gray-green patina. Strip is misshapen, esp. at front legs. Bottom left corner of foundation is bent.
Object ID
G.96.37.76
Credit
Gift of Henry J. Kauffman, Heritage Center Collection
Tinned sheet iron. Love birds design formed with two 9/16" wide metal strips soldered to backing with three small air holes. Confronting birds are perched on a branch kissing.
Tinned sheet iron. Double tulip design with opposing configuration extended outward from four leaves. Oval outside border has a crimped outline. All executed with seven 1/2" wide metal strips soldered to oval backing.
