Nutmeg Grater
Dateca. 1780
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).
ca. 1775
ca. 1775
ca. 1760
1755-1785
1775-1785
1826 (June, dated)
