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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:British; English
Title:Nutmeg grater
Date Made:ca. 1780
Type:Food Service
Materials:Silver
Place Made:Europe; United Kingdom; Great Britain; England
Measurements:Oval: 2 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in (15/16 in high)
Accession Number:  MH 1986.33.64
Credit Line:Bequest of Josephine Purtscher Fellows (Class of 1924)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
English; George III. Maker's mark "IP" (inside top and bottom). Bright cut, with two lids.
From original file: possibly made by Joseph Preedy or James Phipps (Stearns). Silver box, long and pointed, with borders of bright cut engraving on top and bottom. Top, with applied molded rim, opens on hinge set flush in 1 cm from the end; hinge is concealed with one of two bands of bright cut engraving. Fixed steel grater, slightly domed, is punched with border in oval pattern and concentric circles extending outward.

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