Opus Antiques has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
The base provides storage space for the nutmegs and can stand alone on a table. Note the domed shaped tin grater, with machine punched rows of teeth, inserted inside a ring-shaped, lathed-bone housing. The technology to punch-out a tin grater surface in a dome shape and with uniform machine-stamped teeth, evolved in England about 1810.
This example is in very good condition. It measures approx 10cm h x 5.5cm w at the base.
Opus Antiques has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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Antique Table Nutmeg Grater
