SOLD 1856 Pennsylvania German Cut Newspaper Quilting Template (Tulips and Star) 19th c tools A very useful piece to

A very useful piece to cook with

I believe there were originally five of them and that it is the second largest that is missing

A little crazing and a few very tiny glaze chips to the glossy brown glaze on the mole

12 x 9 1/8" and in great condition

I assume doing some commercial work on the side to make some money

SOLD 1856 Pennsylvania German Cut Newspaper Quilting Template (Tulips and Star) 19th c tools A very useful piece toI was excited to find this, and two more listed today, folded up together in a sleeve in Maine this week; I recognized them immediately as old quilting templates, but didn't take the time to open them up in the shop. When I got home I was surprised, and delighted, to find that they are quite early ones the Pennsylvania newspapers they were cut from bear the year 1856, and one of the newspapers is in German, so these are Pennsylvania German indeed. Cut