SCISSORS
Creator(s): Unknown (Goldsmith)
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:
- France
- Date made:
- after 1798
- Size:
- 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.112.2
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- HALLMARKS Illegible mark [outside the loop]; illegible French maker's mark in a lozenge [on inside of one of the loop]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973