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Dessert Knife with Mother-of-Pearl Handle Knife
This is a knife. It was designed by F. Nicoud. It is dated ca. 1890 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is steel, gold plated, silver, mother of pearl. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This group of fruit knives and servers with mother-of-pearl handles, manufactured by F. Nicoud silversmiths in Paris, was packaged as a companion service to the dessert spoons, forks, and additional servers made by the Parisian firm of C.V. Gibert. Unlike the naturalistic motifs of the Gibert set, the Nicoud service reflects the vogue for "japonisme" with its dragon server and etched depiction of a kimono-clad woman ("Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500 - 2005," May - August 13, 2006).
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: 20 × 1 × 0.8 cm (7 7/8 × 3/8 × 5/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Unmarked
Cite this object as
Dessert Knife with Mother-of-Pearl Handle Knife; Designed by F. Nicoud (French, active 1890); France; steel, gold plated, silver, mother of pearl; L x W x D: 20 × 1 × 0.8 cm (7 7/8 × 3/8 × 5/16 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds; 1996-56-52
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.