Ornamental Spring-loaded Cherry Pitter
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1890
name: label: Designer
content: François Nicoud, French, active Paris ca. 1875-1890
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Spring-loaded silver cherry pitter with pointed two prong head, with ball finial in space between tines serving as the pitting mechanism. Ball finidal attached to spring loaded rod which connects to larger ball finial at terminal, which when pressed lowers the "pitter" into fruit pierced with prongs. two small handles decorated with banded decoration and ball finials, forming cross shape of terminal. Surface decorated with gold plating and segments of engraved foliate decoration.
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: 1996-56-78
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: pitter
label: Type
content: pitter
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: gold plated, silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 21.3 × 4.5 × 1 cm (8 3/8 × 1 3/4 × 3/8 in.)