Nutmeg Grater
1783-1784 (made)
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A nutmeg grater is an implement for grating nutmeg (to be applied on punch, toddy or other hot beverages, or on meat or other food), used principally during the period 1780-1840. There were two types: (1) portable, made in a variety of shapes such as a cylindrical tube, a circular, oval or rectangular box, a teardrop, heart, egg, urn or rum keg and: (2) table type, half cylindrical or canoe shaped. Inside there was a space for the whole nutmeg, an iron or steel grater and sometimes space for storing grated nutmeg. Many examples bear a monogram but few a crest.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, engraved |
| Brief description | Nutmeg grater, silver, made by E. Robinson and T. Phipps, London, 1783-4 |
| Physical description | Nutmeg grater, silver, the slightly domed opening laterally, the bottom hinged at the end; bright cut decoration, fixed grater |
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| Credit line | Gift of Guy and Rupert Oswald Smith |
| Object history | Bequest - Guy and Rupert Oswald Smith Acquisition RF: 27 / 8516 |
| Summary | A nutmeg grater is an implement for grating nutmeg (to be applied on punch, toddy or other hot beverages, or on meat or other food), used principally during the period 1780-1840. There were two types: (1) portable, made in a variety of shapes such as a cylindrical tube, a circular, oval or rectangular box, a teardrop, heart, egg, urn or rum keg and: (2) table type, half cylindrical or canoe shaped. Inside there was a space for the whole nutmeg, an iron or steel grater and sometimes space for storing grated nutmeg. Many examples bear a monogram but few a crest. |
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| Accession number | M.990-1927 |
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| Record created | September 10, 2004 |
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