Item 26-010 Scissor Event

This style was common in sewing baskets, travelling workboxes, and ladies’ needlework sets during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods.

They most likely originated in either

• Sheffield, England

• Possibly Nogent, France.

The turned decorative collars on the handles are particularly reminiscent of many Sheffield-made sewing scissors from the late nineteenth century.

These would have been used for:

• Sewing and dressmaking.

• Embroidery.

• General textile work.

• Household needlework.

The blades are sturdier than fine lace-making scissors but more refined than general household scissors.

This pair appears to be:

• Well forged.

• Properly fitted with a tension-adjusting screw.

• Made as a quality domestic sewing tool rather than a novelty or souvenir piece

DATE- 

c. 1880–1915