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Tobacco-scraper
Tobacco-scaper or snuff grater, tin-plate, in the form of a small round-ended oblong box with a hinged lid and base and a grater fitted into the interior top of the box; the exterior vocerd all over with a chocolate brown japan and decorated in gilt with an all-over pattern of tiny stars, most of which have now worn off.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 50132
Creation/Production
Evans & Cartwright
Acquisition
Gift, 28/2/1929
Given by T.J. Coggins
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.8
Length
(cm): 5.8
Width
(cm): 3.2
Height
(in): 1
Length
(in): 2
Width
(in): 1
Techniques
cut
decoration
Applied Art
welded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
japanned
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
tin-plate
Location
In store
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