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Nutmeg Grater

Dateca. 1780

OriginEngland, Staffordshire, Bilston

MediumEnamel; copper alloy; tin

DimensionsOH: 1 5/8" OW: 1 1/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1953-269

DescriptionNutmeg grater: egg-shaped body with screw cap; pink enamel with vermicelli decoration; brass mountings; lower section covered with a perforated tin grater.
ProvenancePrior to 1953 unknown; 1953, Mrs. Edward F. Timmins (Boston, MA); 1953 to present, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).