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- Shipping Box for Ground Nutmegs, 1880-1920 - Workers at Will Currier's shoe shop in Newton, New Hampshire, used a variety of tools, fasteners and bits of leather, wood, and metal to make shoes. Small wooden boxes, like this one, helped organize the shop and kept needed material close at hand.
- 1880-1920
- Collections - Artifact
Shipping Box for Ground Nutmegs, 1880-1920
Workers at Will Currier's shoe shop in Newton, New Hampshire, used a variety of tools, fasteners and bits of leather, wood, and metal to make shoes. Small wooden boxes, like this one, helped organize the shop and kept needed material close at hand.
- Nutmeg Grater, 1840-1860 - Nutmeg comes from the seed of an evergreen tree native to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. The spice was once highly prized and expensive, but by the mid-1800s, nutmeg was readily obtainable and affordable. Many Victorian American kitchens would have contained a nutmeg grater, like this one, which uses a file-like surface to create the culinary seasoning powder.
- 1840-1860
- Collections - Artifact
Nutmeg Grater, 1840-1860
Nutmeg comes from the seed of an evergreen tree native to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. The spice was once highly prized and expensive, but by the mid-1800s, nutmeg was readily obtainable and affordable. Many Victorian American kitchens would have contained a nutmeg grater, like this one, which uses a file-like surface to create the culinary seasoning powder.
- Nutmeg Grater, 1870-1880 - Nutmeg comes from the seed of an evergreen tree native to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. The spice was once highly prized and expensive, but by the mid-1800s, nutmeg was readily obtainable and affordable. Many American kitchens would have contained a nutmeg grater. This one uses a wheel with a file-like surface to create the culinary seasoning powder.
- 1870-1880
- Collections - Artifact
Nutmeg Grater, 1870-1880
Nutmeg comes from the seed of an evergreen tree native to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. The spice was once highly prized and expensive, but by the mid-1800s, nutmeg was readily obtainable and affordable. Many American kitchens would have contained a nutmeg grater. This one uses a wheel with a file-like surface to create the culinary seasoning powder.