Scissors
- Object Name:
- Scissors
- Object ID:
- 1994.508.10
- Creator:
- Greaves
Toolmaker - Date:
- 1787 - 1833
- Description:
- Shears, cloth, steel. Stamped "GAMBIA" on blade just below riveted joint. "Gambia" was a trade name used by shearsmith Abraham Greaves of Sheffield, England, starting in 1787 and subsequently by George Greaves, also of Sheffield, as late as 1833.
- Material:
- Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- W-3.2 L-8.9 D-0.3 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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