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Ornamental Spring-loaded Cherry Pitter Pitter
This is a pitter. It was designed by F. Nicoud. It is dated ca. 1890 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is gold plated, 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: 21.3 × 4.5 × 1 cm (8 3/8 × 1 3/4 × 3/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Unmarked
Cite this object as
Ornamental Spring-loaded Cherry Pitter Pitter; Designed by F. Nicoud (French, active 1890); France; gold plated, silver; L x W x D: 21.3 × 4.5 × 1 cm (8 3/8 × 1 3/4 × 3/8 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds; 1996-56-78
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
