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Scissors

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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

ca. 1900

GUSN

GUSN-5607

Description

Handle and case decorated with Gothic motifs: trefoil, quatrefoil, a keel arch and bosses.

Details

Descriptive Terms

scissors
brass (alloy)
steel (alloy)
quatrefoils
trefoils (geometric motifs)
Brass
Steel
Gothic Revival
Trefoil
Quatrefoil
SCISSORS

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Germany

Dimensions

2.375 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.889AB

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