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Fruit Server (France)
This is a Fruit server. It was manufactured by C. V. Gibert. It is dated ca. 1890 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is cast and chased silver, enamel. 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.
- Cobalt blue Fruit Bowl
- mold and mouth-blown blue-green "sapphire" glass.
- Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor,....
- 2009-18-122
Its dimensions are
L x W x D: 24.5 x 9 x 3 cm (9 5/8 x 3 9/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Cite this object as
Fruit Server (France); Manufactured by Charles Victor Gibert (French); cast and chased silver, enamel; L x W x D: 24.5 x 9 x 3 cm (9 5/8 x 3 9/16 x 1 3/16 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds; 1996-56-42
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
