Lot Essay
Item 1. Reputedly excavated at Rotherhithe, Thames Valley.
Details
A pair of wrought steel scissors
the shank with incised grometric ornament, cutler's marks to each blade, English, 17th century -- 4 3/8in. (11.1cm) long; a pair of steel tapestry scissors, cut and engraved bow and shank modelled as swans, cutler's marks to each tapering blade, German, 18th century; and another pair of scissors, the shank modelled as leafy boughs, English, early 19th century
See Illustration. (3)
the shank with incised grometric ornament, cutler's marks to each blade, English, 17th century -- 4 3/8in. (11.1cm) long; a pair of steel tapestry scissors, cut and engraved bow and shank modelled as swans, cutler's marks to each tapering blade, German, 18th century; and another pair of scissors, the shank modelled as leafy boughs, English, early 19th century
See Illustration. (3)