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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:1955.2139a Institution name Colchester Collections Object name sugar cutter, cutter Description In the 1800s sugar came pressed into solid loaves - large cones up to 60cm in height. Sugar cutters like this one - made of cast iron and mounted on a base - were used in shops to break off pieces for sale to customers. In the 1700s sugar was a luxury but it soon became hugely popular. From the 1740s until the 1820s, sugar was Britain's most valuable import. The high-quality of these sugar-related objects are in stark contrast to the poor living conditions of enslaved people on the sugar plantations. Hundreds of thousands of people suffered to bring this commodity to British tables. Production date 1800 - 1809 Production period 1800's Material metal, ivory Location On Display - Hollytrees Museum, Colchester Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:1955.2139a
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

sugar cutter, cutter
Description

In the 1800s sugar came pressed into solid loaves - large cones up to 60cm in height. Sugar cutters like this one - made of cast iron and mounted on a base - were used in shops to break off pieces for sale to customers. In the 1700s sugar was a luxury but it soon became hugely popular. From the 1740s until the 1820s, sugar was Britain's most valuable import. The high-quality of these sugar-related objects are in stark contrast to the poor living conditions of enslaved people on the sugar plantations. Hundreds of thousands of people suffered to bring this commodity to British tables.
Production date

1800 - 1809
Production period

1800's
Material

metal, ivory
Location

On Display - Hollytrees Museum, Colchester

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