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Grape Shears with Grape Vine Handles and Slug Shears
This is a shears. It was manufactured by C. V. Gibert and retailed by F. Nicoud. It is dated ca. 1890 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds.
Its dimensions are
L x W x D: 15.5 × 5.4 × 1.5 cm (6 1/8 × 2 1/8 × 9/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Unmarked
Cite this object as
Grape Shears with Grape Vine Handles and Slug Shears; Manufactured by Charles Victor Gibert (French); Retailed by F. Nicoud (French, active 1890); France; silver; L x W x D: 15.5 × 5.4 × 1.5 cm (6 1/8 × 2 1/8 × 9/16 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds; 1996-56-38
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
