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Fruits and Nuts

At first glance this appears to be a cork gripper. It advertises

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Drink Molinari

Vermouth

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so a cork grip sounds likely. However, the inventor only specified knife, nut

cracker, and grape scissors in his

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Combination Table Article

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patent.

A British patent for the combination table article was applied for by Joseph Quitadamo,

an Italian living in London, on February 21, 1924. He wrote

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This invention relates to an

improved combination article for table use comprising a fruit or the like knife, nut-

crackers and snippers or scissors for grapes and the like.

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Patent No. 223,478 was

completed on October 23, 1924.