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Sewing Scissors

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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1925

GUSN

GUSN-65000

Description

Gilt steel; in form of a bird; beak forms blades

Details

Descriptive Terms

scissors
steel (alloy)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
heron
Steel
Heron
SCISSORS

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3.375 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.859.2

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