Sugar Nipper, sku # 767
Early 19th century sugar nipper with concentric circle design on hinge.
$275.00
Sugar nippers came into use during the 18th century and were popular well into the mid 19th century. They were used to chip sugar from the hard cone-shaped loafs that sugar was made into in that time. In the kitchen, the nipper was braced against the table for leverage when nipping the hard sugar, hence the guard to protect the fingers from being smashed. In the south, sugar was valuable enough that special sugar chests were constructed to hold it. Any sugar chest should also have a nipper. THis sugar nipper is 7.75″ by 2.5″ by 3/8″ and weighs 6.1 ozs.
