Snuff Grater
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: Oblong grater with two rounded ends, incurved sides, and a double-lidded, flat top hinged off-center; the longer and larger lid is engraved with a four-lobed flower or rose flanked by two flaming hearts beneath banner "CE SONT LES AMOUR QUI FONT NOS BAUS(?) JOUR" and opens to a zig-zag pierced rasp, while the smaller lid has a five-lobed flower or rose and opens to an empty compartment for shavings. One-piece bottom has angled sides and a flat well. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Miss Elizabeth S. Stevens
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.311628
label: catalog number
content: 311628
label: accession number
content: 64443
objectType: label: Object Name
content: grater
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (rasp material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 6 1/4 in x 2 1/8 in; .9525 cm x 15.875 cm x 5.3975 cm