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Sugar cutters from the e18th C., made of steel. They fasten with a catch and have a bar to protect the user's knuckles - both are still intact.
These sugar cutters are English and date from the eighteenth century. They are made of steel. They fasten with a catch and have a bar to protect the user's knuckles - both are still intact. Until the introduction of cube sugar in the second half of the nineteenth century, sugar was only available in large lumps or cones and the cutters were used for cutting off smaller pieces.

1 pair of sugar cutters: metal (steel); good condition

Pre-MERL list / description – [Victoria and Albert Museum] ‘Ironwork objects for transfer to Museum of English Rural Life, Reading ... No. 29. Sugar-cutters. Steel. English: 18th century.', MERL ‘Provisional Group Card’ form – ‘Provisional Group card for: // Date Acquired: // Group: Dom preparing food // Negative: 60/3536 // Period: Sugar cutters // Place of Origin: Victoria & Albert Museum // Number: 59/229 V&A 29 // Complied by: date: // Typed: // 18thc [pencil sketch]. V&A description: sugar cutters. Steel. English 18thc’

England

1700-01-01 - 1799-12-31

Eighteenth century