Sugar Nippers
Display: Global Gastronomy
Culinary Technique: size reduction
Date: c. 1800
Dimensions: 1.5" h x 7.5" w x 14" d
In the 18th and early 19th centuries, sugar was purchased in molded cone-shaped loaves. Cooks chipped the hard cone into chunks and used sugar nippers to cut smaller pieces for tea service. Sugar was expensive and carefully stored in locked boxes.