SOLD 1856 Pennsylvania German Cut Newspaper Quilting Template (Tulips and Star) 19th c tools with some dark stains and

with some dark stains and a couple of very small nicks and on the blonde side

Late 19th or very early 20th century I believe

I believe there were originally five of them and that it is the second largest that is missing

I love how Frankenstein-ian they appear

A very useful piece to cook with

SOLD 1856 Pennsylvania German Cut Newspaper Quilting Template (Tulips and Star) 19th c tools with some dark stains andI was excited to find this, and two more listed today, folded up together in a sleeve in Maine this week; I recognized them immediately as old quilting templates, but didn't take the time to open them up in the shop. When I got home I was surprised, and delighted, to find that they are quite early ones the Pennsylvania newspapers they were cut from bear the year 1856, and one of the newspapers is in German, so these are Pennsylvania German indeed. Cut