MINTY ANTIQUE FOLK ART TOLE WARE NUTMEG GRATER SMALL POCKET SIZE ~ EARLY 1800's

Description: MINTY ANTIQUE FOLK ART TOLE WARE NUTMEG GRATER SMALL POCKET SIZE ~ EARLY 1800's MINTY ANTIQUE FOLK ART TOLE WARE OVAL NUTMEG GRATER DESIRABLE SMALL POCKET SIZE ~ EARLY 1800’S This is a desirable small pocket-sized handmade oval nutmeg grater with two hinged compartments, a pattern of the late 1700’s period silver nutmeg graters. This Folk Art piece is made from sheet tin and has the rare feature of having almost all of the original dark brown hand painted toleware finished with very little wear; quite rare for a piece designed for pocket carrying and use. The top lid has a tight hinge and secures the top tightly. A nutmeg piece can be stored in the larger hinged compartment below the top lid, removed for grating, turn the grater over and lift the bottom cap to expose the grater, grind the nutmeg, close the bottom cap, and again turn the piece over where the ground nutmeg is retrieved from under the top cap. Toleware is known as “tole peinte”, French for painted sheet metal, and is a decorative technique that originated in the early 1700’s to imitate Japanese lacquered items and became popular in England. The tops of these utilitarian pocket graters sometimes have small embellishments. The top lid has a tight hinge demonstrating very light use, closes properly, and fits tightly on the base. The lid has a very slight protrusion at the end to aid opening the top and a small wedge-shaped piece of engraved silver embellishment at the tip. The center has a small diamond shaped piece of engraved silver as an escutcheon plate for initials that has been left blank. This piece has a thin silver engraved decorative strip above the hinge with the lower thin sliver silver strip is missing but is certainly not distracting from the overall near mint condition. Remarkably, the bottom of this piece, that is typically worn down to bare metal, is intact with very little wear. The bottom is also the hinged cap that when lifted, exposes the grater which is punched from the bottom upwards to create the corrugated grating surface. This bottom cap has a tight hinge, demonstrating very light use, fits very tightly on the base, and closes with a definitive snap. It is hard to date or determine the origin of early toleware / japanned pieces. This 2-compartment piece is in the pattern found in silver nutmeg graters from the late 1700’s to around the mid 1800’s, and the lacquer / shellac dark brown toleware finish is English. Overall, in fine+ condition with only scattered minuscule paint chips, a thin wear strip at the edge of the bottom cap from opening, and only one thin sliver silver strip missing, as previously noted. This small handmade pocket piece is 2 1/8” long x 1 1/16” wide x 1” tall. Weight is .8 ounce or 25 grams. Overall, in fine – near mint condition, and is the best I have ever seen; especially considering its extreme age. 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Price: 295 USD

Location: Fairfield, California

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