Item 26-002 Scissor Event

The scissors are cast steel embroidery or household sewing scissors with a distinctive Art Nouveau or late Victorian decorative frame handle. The elongated teardrop finger loops, geometric piercings, and radiating line decoration suggest a date around 1890–1915.

The construction is notable:

• One-piece cast handles and shanks.

• Riveted rather than screwed pivot.

• Heavy, robust blades compared with delicate embroidery scissors.

• Decorative but practical design.

The style is reminiscent of scissors produced in:

• The French cutlery centres of Nogent and Thiers.

• The German steel-making region around Solingen.

Many French sewing tools from the Belle Époque period incorporated decorative cast handles similar to these, particularly those sold through merceries and ladies’ workboxes.

DATE- 

c. 1895–1910.