A Rolling Metal Donut Cutter and A Rolling Metal Biscuit Cutter

[agreeneyes]

I believe these to be over 100 years old and rare, I've tried researching them and I'm unable to find any like these.  I've seen some similar ones with patent numbers and makers names made from a different metal and also some with wood handles these appear to have never had handles.  There isn't any makers name or patent number on them.  Does anybody have any idea the date of these and possibly what their value would be, thank you

[talesofthesevenseas]

Here's one that sold on Go Antiques. It lists it as 1900's. I'm not able to access the pricing information.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.goantiques.com/dbimages2/MNC9739/MNC9739VU156.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.goantiques.com/scripts/images,id,2012224.html&usg=__9RBpaehzE42WX9gDvMKjnIzwylM=&h=480&w=640&sz=88&hl=en&start=67&sig2=Tp8ejiLiGBNkPyp_IZIUyQ&zoom=1&tbnid=jsOnXc5-2XM_kM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&ei=e8miT-eDNIiViAKKhdSWBw&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dantique%2Bdonut%2Bcutter%26start%3D63%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1G1TSNACENUS414%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1

[talesofthesevenseas]

Here's one on Etsy selling for $30.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/91031975/cooky-cutter-or-donut-cutter-vintage

[agreeneyes]

the one on etsy I was able find earlier but it's a little different and appears to be newer than mine.  The other one on go antiques looks more like mine, I appreciate all of your efforts.  So it might be safe to say mine dates early 1900s? Thank you

[talesofthesevenseas]

It might, but it could be later. We're going by the seller's estimate of the date, not knowing what they based that on. It looks like it could be as late as the 1930's or 40's when they produced so many neat kitchen gadgets. I think the thing to do would be to try to find a patent on this one or a similar one.

[talesofthesevenseas]

Looks like there are LOTS of donut cutter patents to look through. I found one from 1961 that looks like it was inspired by ones like yours: http://www.google.com/patents/US2999314?dq=donut+cutter+handle

[agreeneyes]

Thank you I'll check that out again appreciate all of your help and information

[mart]

I make and cut homemade biscuits every morning !!~  I fail to see how that would work !!  Have you tried it ??

[agreeneyes]

No I haven't tried it but looking at it and rolling it I can see how it would work and allow the user to quickly cut out donuts or biscuits.  Thank you

[KC]

These are easy to buy and are often listed on ebay etsy craigs list, etc.

They are actually pretty nifty and were used by early bakeries, home cooks, etc.

Very popular in late 30's to 50's.

[agreeneyes]

I think these are earlier designs because the ones I'm finding are with handles or out of a different kind of metal.  This design might possibly be what later ones were patented from.  Our grandmother had one and on the ranch there were a lot of people to cook for so these tools allowed her make many bisuits or donuts at once, thank you