Nutmeg Grater
1810-1811 (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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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver with a steel grater, urn shaped, engraved and chased |
| Brief description | Silver, steel grater, Birmingham hallmarks for 1810-11, mark of Cocks and Betteridge |
| Physical description | Nutmeg grater of engraved silver, urn shaped; the cover is dome shaped with a projecting rim, a second cover fits over the foot concealing a steel grating plate. Engraved with festoons, leaves and wavy borders. |
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| Credit line | Given by J. H. Fitzhenry |
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| 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 | 1373:1 to 3-1902 |
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| Record created | March 15, 2004 |
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