Oval form with flat top box hinged at the lower side, opening to reveal the grater; the hinged lid opens to a reservoir for ground spice, all painted red with yellow pinstriping and green reserve enclosing yellow flower.
nutmeg graters
cookware
carving (processes)
tin (metal)
Tin
Carved
GRATER, SPICE
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
1.125 x 3 x 1.625 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.534
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