Really old cheese grater?

[cmlindb]

Hey I found this old wooden handled cheese grater or something like that. Wondering if anyone knows anything about it. Age, where it was made, value?

[frogpatch]

That is a great piece. It looks as if it is handmade, probably from the mid 1800s. Where did you find iT? Mart will know a lot about this piece. She is very good with primitives. I really love old kitchen items. I want that..

[cmlindb]

was at an action and got it in a box lot.... no one even saw it or even looked at it (including me) until I went throught the box at my house.

[mart]

Its all wood ??  Openings don`t seem to be close enough together for cheese grater !!  And they are scattered all the way around !! Would not work well like that !!  Got to think about this one !! Rauville or KC might know !!  Didn`t use anything like that here !!

[cmlindb]

the handle and base (paddle, one piece) And the dome with the slots looks like tin maybe. Cheese grater was the only thing I could thing of. Yeah not sure what else it could be used for.

[bigwull]

That is a great piece. It looks as if it is handmade, probably from the mid 1800s. Where did you find iT? Mart will know a lot about this piece. She is very good with primitives. I really love old kitchen items. I want that..

good with primitives..mmm...l ike this you mean... ...

[cmlindb]

Haha weird direction to take that

[mart]

LOL  !! I might be the one with the club !!

[gg27]

Might be a soap grater, although all the ones I've seen have been a bit different from this one.

[cmlindb]

ive literally spent like 4 hours between the queen anne salt and pepper shakers, the small dish and this thing searching the depths of the internet with little to no finds.

[Rauville]

Is the bottom open, as a grater would have been made? With the paint it looks more like a piece intended for display only.

[cmlindb]

The bottom is open and in person it doesn't look like paint It looks like weird "crap" haha here's a couple more pics

[KC]

What is the size?  Could be a nutmeg grater!  On second glance, there isn't any grating area.
For example this one has the grating teeth:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Hand-Made-Cheese-Grater-Wood-and-Tin-and-Nails-11-Shabby-/130827732018?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e75f0c432

If the slots were more pronounced...it would have been used to slice items like ginger.

Does it appear it has ever been hung on the wall?  Is the inside worn?  Have seen old items like this used to "funnel" dry good into bags (like rice, grits, etc)

[cmlindb]

I thought of that too but some of them are still pronounced more then others. I think they just got flattened from handling. You got the side view there where people are most likely to handle where on the from they stick out enough to cut even still

[bigwull]

What is the size?  Could be a nutmeg grater!  On second glance, there isn't any grating area.
For example this one has the grating teeth:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Hand-Made-Cheese-Grater-Wood-and-Tin-and-Nails-11-Shabby-/130827732018?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e75f0c432

If the slots were more pronounced...it would have been used to slice items like ginger.

Does it appear it has ever been hung on the wall?  Is the inside worn?  Have seen old items like this used to "funnel" dry good into bags (like rice, grits, etc)

$49.95....for a piece of Junk....i,ve offered them $5...i,ll let you know if they respond....