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Maker(s):Willmore, Joseph
Culture:British; English
Title:Nutmeg grater
Date Made:ca. 1805
Type:Food Processing
Materials:Silver
Place Made:Europe; United Kingdom; Great Britain; England; Birmingham
Measurements:Overall: 15/16 in x 1 1/4 in x 1 in x 9 13/16 in; 2.4 cm x 3.2 cm x 2.5 cm x 25 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1986.33.75
Credit Line:Bequest of Josephine Purtscher Fellows (Class of 1924)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Small silver rectangular (slightly octagonal) box of thin metal with cut-off corners; two covers that pull off have borders of bright-cut engraving and an empty ellipse on the top; fixed grater punched with small holes to fit oblong inside box; two bands of applied reeding on body.

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