Eagle Cookie Cutter Flatback 19th Century

Cookie cutters are so much fun to collect as the wide variety of animals, birds and floral designs just to name a few gives us the opportunity to snatch them up immediately when available. Of course, some are much harder to find then others and usually accommodate a hefty price tag. This special eagle design is an example of a hard to find cutter but is modestly priced and does include free shipping. Cutters such as this one were fashioned from tin and sport a dark appearance. Many of the American cookie cutters have holes in the back plate – which could be used to help push out the sticky dough once the cookie was cut. Back in the 19th century tinsmiths traveled across the country providing tin goods for households by using scrap tin from other projects to fashion a stylized cookie cutter design chosen by what the “huswife” favored. Each was unique with slightly different shapes and hand soldered. After the Civil War, cookie cutters started to be manufactured with a multitude o