19th C New England Wood and Bone Pie Crimper / Jagging Wheel  clapper producing the same scale a

producing the same scale a semitone higher in each hole

With these white spatters on his face

1920s or so I might guess

Again this marvelous combination of rich red and gold

Mounted to a black painted solid wood board

19th C New England Wood and Bone Pie Crimper / Jagging Wheel  clapper producing the same scale aSo 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,