19th C New England Wood and Bone Pie Crimper / Jagging Wheel  playful with a bit of collage

with a bit of collage on top

which can be loosened or tightened on the backside as needed) and a fantastic patina

I just find it amazing

it is threaded at the top for hanging

produced for Koos Van Den Akker

19th C New England Wood and Bone Pie Crimper / Jagging Wheel  playful with a bit of collageSo many beautiful kitchen tools and perhaps the pie crimper is the loveliest form of all, but while Im always looking at them (especially antique sailor made ones of which the Whaling Museum in New Bedford has an extraordinary collection) Ive never been completely compelled to buy oneuntil I saw this one! Accompanying it is a note explaining that it was found underneath the floor of the entry at 99 Fort Hill in Hingham, MA a house, still standing,