A GROUP OF SEVEN ENGLISH SILVER NUTMEG GRATERS, with maker's marks of, comprising, two London, 1829 and 1832, maker's mark SM, third barrel shaped, one end engraved with initial M, one egg shaped; two Birmingham, the first 1799, maker's mark of John Thornton, barrel shaped, one engraved with a coat-of-arms, crest and motto, the second 1802, maker's mark of Matthew Linwood, oval with hinged domed cover and hinged base; together with three unmarked examples, two reeded cylindrical with domed covers, one egg shaped with foliate decoration--average length 1 1/2in. (3.8cm.), gross weight 3oz. (7)