1840 Tole Ware Painted Tin Bread Biscuit Tray MaineAtti

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Antique handmade cut, bent and soldered sheet iron tin and hand painted with it's original tole decoration rectangular canted side bread, bun or biscuit tray with rolled handles at the ends retaining it's original old dry surface as found. New England , probably Maine , 1840's, possibly earlier. Guaranteed old and original; this is not a fake or reproduction. Actual weight 1/2 lbs. 11 ¾" long by 7 ¾" wide by 1 ¾" deep at the handle ends. Antique handmade cut, bent and soldered sheet iron tin and hand painted with it's original tole decoration rectangular canted side bread, bun or biscuit tray with rolled handles at the ends retaining it's original old dry surface as found. We found this in the garden shed attached to the barn. It had been t a long time. Hardly a storage place for preservation, the tray has survived by simply being stored, unused, high and dry. Probably, after an initial trial, the odd shape proved awkward as a saucer for a potted plant so on to the top shelf it went and never came off until we retrieved it. What caught our eye... and still holds it... is the decoration. Beautiful free hand red oak leaves with black highlights and white back ground. Pure, simple and... the fall season. The remains of a yellow band is at the edge of the bottom but... it is the red leaves on white that are our delight. It's an unusually read more

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