Scissors
date: label: date made
content: 1725 - 1775
notes: label: Description
content: Two, short, identical, rounded-back blades on long, shallow S-curve arms, tapering square in section, that loop back and terminate in large, equal-size, drop-shape finger rings or loops open at top. Both blades scalloped below joint. Peened pivot with square washer on one side. Possible stamped mark on outside of one blade.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Commercial Furnishings
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.388287
label: catalog number
content: 388287
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: scissors
label: Object Type
content: scissors
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 7 1/8 in x 3 3/8 in; .9525 cm x 18.0975 cm x 8.5725 cm