Silver - 19th October 2005

Lot 69

A Victorian lobed nutmeg grater

Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £2300

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Description

A Victorian lobed nutmeg grater, with fruit and leaves stamped in relief on the cover and base, hinging open, to reveal a hinged steel grater, engraved with a minute crest below the thumbpiece and a minute coronet above, maker's mark distorted, possibly Taylor and Perry or Hilliard and Thomason, Birmingham 1854, 1.6in (4.1cm).