Cake Server with Japonesque Engraving and Mother-of-pearl Handle
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: Blade of ax-head form, loosely triangular in shaped, wide with swirling ends on spine edge. Beveled edges surrounding border of blade. Surface gold plated and adorned with engraved Japonesque designs, starting with floral design atop a triangular pattern at tip, depiction of woman in elaborate garment shielding her face with a fan in a central reserve, and terminating in geometric pattern of circles and bowties covering the base. Reverse side of blade devoid of decoration. Banded gold plated ferrule leads to mother of pearl handle, decorated with carved diagonal fluting, slightly widenning to rounded terminal.
place: label: made 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: 1996-56-81
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: server
label: Type
content: server
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: gold plated, silver, mother of pearl
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 28.1 × 6.6 × 0.8 cm (11 1/16 × 2 5/8 × 5/16 in.)