Much Handled Earlier 19th Century Chip Carved Flat Back Oval Butter/Cookie Stamp with Rich Patina and Monogram on Reverse marble lemon I've included a short video

I've included a short video

Elizabeth Eleanor Leonard Stahl at age 92

I'm honestly not certain how the wrinkled surface on these was achieved

There is a terrific directness but also specificity of the print

almost--I think she seems a bit like the female incarnation of St

Much Handled Earlier 19th Century Chip Carved Flat Back Oval Butter/Cookie Stamp with Rich Patina and Monogram on Reverse marble lemon I've included a short video(First photo is a composite, showing front and back.) Like game boards (mostly) and painted signs (mostly), I mostly leave old carved butter and cookie presses to dealers committed to them, but occasionally I come across one I can't let go as was the case here, this found at an antique shop in Lancaster County where I tend to turn up an unexpected treasure or two. Beautiful surface to the wood, wonderful carved design, rich patina, and though it took