Grape Shears with Grape Vine Handles and Slug
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1890
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Charles Victor Gibert, French
label: Retailer
content: François Nicoud, French, active Paris ca. 1875-1890
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Scissors with irregular oval finger loops formed out of grape vine, which terminate in grape leaves, one on each side, with tendrils wrapping around stem. Vine form continues until neck where a snail is applied perched with head outstretched over the right side. Swivel mechnaism connects two short blunt blades.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1996-56-38
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: shears
label: Type
content: shears
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 15.5 × 5.4 × 1.5 cm (6 1/8 × 2 1/8 × 9/16 in.)