Scissors

Object Name:

Scissors

Object ID:

2017.014.093

Place of Origin:

Sheffield, England

Date:

circa 1832

Description:

Embroidery scissors in cardboard box.
1. Scissors. Oval finger rings attached to curved handles that turn up at the ends. Short, narrow blades. Screw pivot. Sun emblem with "MAPPIN / & BROTHERS" behind pivot on one side; "[SH]EFFIELD" same location, opposite. With note: "Mrs Rowley - / My grandmothers emb. / scissors used while attending / a boarding school in Peterboro / N.H. about 1832 / ECS - (Desire Tubbs)".
2A: Box bottom. Rectangular box with paper covering. Mono-color, marbleized pattern. Long sides crushed inward from use.
2B: Box top. Same make as bottom, with paper label on top. "1 GRO. NO. 2, JAPANNED. / UNION COMPANY'S / SWAN BILL / HOOKS & EYES." "AMERICAN PIN CO., / WATERBURY, CONN." "NORTH, STANLEY & CO., / NEW BRITAIN, CONN." Scrollwork pattern around edges and between wording.

Material:

Metal
Cardboard

Provenance:

Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.

The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors.

Credit Line:

Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley

People:

Stone, Ethel Cilley (1884-1981)

Subjects:

Sewing equipment and supplies, Scissors and shears