Beautiful Old Set of Graduated Biscuit Cutters in Shaped Lidded Tin French drawing but it could be polished

but it could be polished further

so probably did lose an end at some point long ago

On the front is a slot large enough to take coins or dollars

and all the better for all of the very precise columns and grids of measurements and calculations packed onto them

like a body with antler or antenna

Beautiful Old Set of Graduated Biscuit Cutters in Shaped Lidded Tin French drawing but it could be polishedSomething about a nesting set of incrementally sized things fitting neatly together gets me every time so formally satisfying, and maximally efficient! And even better that they should close up inside such an excellent looking faceted soldered tin box as this one. This set makes me think as much of geometric solids as it does of biscuit making, and when un nested and spread out, these metallic diamond shaped cutters feel as much like a minimalist