Striking and Uncommon Antique Soldered Tin Leaf Cutter (Presumed for Making Glass Domed Wax Flowers) folk art kittens ) but I believe this

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Striking and Uncommon Antique Soldered Tin Leaf Cutter (Presumed for Making Glass Domed Wax Flowers) folk art kittens ) but I believe thisI purchased this first and foremost because I found it super beautiful as both a sculptural object and a line drawing of sorts, too each of those curvaceous leaves hand soldered to the flat tin back, with sharp edges exposed clearly made for cutting. (And of course I especially love the heart at the stem end.) But it is also quite unusual in my experience to see a tin cutting form segmented like this, and I've realized since that it was probably made