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Collections > Wood Carving > Tobacco Grater

Tobacco Grater

Tobacco grater carved with a grotesque scaly animal's head as finial, scrolls and leaves, the body with a double-headed eagle and the inscription 'Angevin' within an oval.
Size: Length: 37.7 cm.

Place: France

Object Type: tobacco grater

Period: Louis XIV

Actual Date: c. 1712

Century: 18th century

Material: Box Wood

Museum Accession Number: Founders/X.945