Nutmeg grater

Date1708-1709

Maker Alexander Hudson

MediumSilver

DimensionsL: 2 5/8" ; Diam (cover): 15/16"; Diam (base): 7/8"; L (grater): 2 1/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1968-72,C

DescriptionNutmeg grater
Label TextThis nutmeg grater, like most late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century examples, has a cylindrical case with pull-off cover containing a tubular grater. The case is conventionally engraved with medial bands of stylized leaf decoration and its cover with a tulip.
InscribedNone
MarkingsMaker's mark and lion's head erased on underside of cover and on face of grater.
ProvenanceGarrard & Co. Ltd., London
Acquired by CWF in 1968

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