PASTRY JIGGERS 1

         

      I am currently interested in the subject of Pastry Jiggers, sometimes known as Pastry Jaggers, Pastry Wheels, Paste Jiggers, Jagging Irons, Janing Irons, etc..  In their simplest form, these have a wheel at one end which produces a jagged cut and some form of crimping device on the other, but there are are literally dozens of variations.

 

From a trade catalogue of Morehouse, Wells & Co, Decatur, Illinois, 1884

          Little seems to have been written on the subject, apart from discussions of those made by whalers as love tokens, which come under the subject of scrimshaw and have therefore attracted much interest among collectors of that subject. It is hoped that these images will give an idea of the variety of jiggers which are found.