Nutmeg grater
Date1708-1709
Maker
Alexander Hudson
OriginEngland, London
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 graterLabel 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.Inscription(s)NoneMark(s)Maker's mark and lion's head erased on underside of cover and on face of grater.ProvenanceGarrard & Co. Ltd., LondonAcquired by CWF in 1968
ca. 1780
ca.1750-1840
