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Box (France), ca. 1890
This is a box. It was made by Unknown. It is dated ca. 1890 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is oak, brass, metal, felt, leather. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
text from "Manufacturing and Marketing in Europe 1600-2000" in Feeding Desire exhibition catalogue:
"A great variety of tableware was recommended in the 1845 U.S. edition of Thomas Webster's Encyclopedia of Domestic Economy, including fish slices, asparagus tongs, cheese scoops, knife rests, nut crackers, grape scissors, etc. , all items offered in Christofle's catalogue of 1862. (fig. 28)."
"Plated silver objects were somtimes featured together, depending on which material was more appropriate for specific functions, such as a sharp cutting edge or cherry pitter in plate."
It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds.
It is inscribed
Conjoined, scrolling, foliate initials, "J.N." or "N.J." on brass shield-shaped cartouche on lid.
Cite this object as
Box (France), ca. 1890; Made by Unknown; oak, brass, metal, felt, leather; Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds; 1996-56-82-a
