Easter egg decorated by David B. Landis for his wife Bertha Cochran Landis for Easter of 1931. White chicken egg, with contents intact, is covered with inked inscriptions printed by hand. Two arrows are drawn at "To" of "To / Bertha / Cochran / Landis / From / David / Bachman / Landis / at / 38 East / Chestnut / Street / Lancaster / Pa. " Written vertically is "EASTER 1931". On one end is "An Egg in the hand is worth two in the nest" and the opposite end has "The hen that laid this egg ought to see her product now!"
Housed in a fitted lid square cardboard box covered with colored and textured paper except for the gold textured lid. The underside of lid has pink satin-covered cardboard cutout that accomodates egg shape. Scrap of pink paper inside is a note written in cursive with blue ink: "Easter Egg - Decorated by David B. Landis 1931 for me - Bertha Cochran Landis. Handle with care".
Flat shaped tool is constructed of two sheet brass sides riveted together at the handle end, allowing a flat triangular iron blade that is sandwiched between to slide out at the other end for cutting. Blade slides via a small riveted guide that slides along a slot in the brass sides. Cutter's brass sides have a fleur-de-lis-shaped handle and scalloped sides and each slot has a measuriing scale numbered from one to ten.
Inscription: The sliding guide on both sides of the slot reads "D.M.CO. / PAT SEPT. 3, 72 / BPT.CONN."
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.
Tatting hook of bone handle shaft of iron hook set into smaller end.
Tool has handle of elongated teardrop shape, somewhat flattened in cross-section. Wire-like shaft with rounded hook on tip is set into handle. Shaft is thicker than hooked end.
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.
