SCISSORS
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The scissors have steel blades with gold handles composed of two rings attached to the blades by pieces carved in two color gold with flowers and scrolls.
- Object name:
- SCISSORS
- Made from:
- Gold -- steel
- Made in:
- Germany
- Date made:
- Late 18th c.
- Size:
- 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.112.2
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- MARK on inside of one of the loop: beehive mark (similar to marks used in Augsberg, Germany); outer loop: Illegible mark
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973