Scissors
- Object Name:
- Scissors
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.094.2
- Date:
- 1825-1850
- Description:
- Pair of sewing scissors. Oval finger rings attached to arched handles. Short, sharp blades, with square notches ahead of pivot. Screw pivot. Underlined "10" behind pivot on inside of both blades.
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- W-1.7 L-3.9 D-0.2 inches
- 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
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