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Tobacco-scraper
Tobacco-scraper or snuff-grater, tin-plate, in the form of a small oblong box with rounded ends, hinged cover and base, the base with silver mountings, inside the box a loose flat oblong grater; the exterior covered with a reddish tortoiseshell japan.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 50158
Creation/Production
Allgood family
Date: 1790-1810 ca
Acquisition
Purchase
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.6
Length
(cm): 5.3
Width
(cm): 2.7
Height
(in): 1
Length
(in): 2
Width
(in): 1
Techniques
cut
decoration
Applied Art
welded
forming
Applied Art
japanned
decoration
Applied Art
Material
tin-plate
silver
Location
In store
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