Name/Title
ShearsEntry/Object ID
GHS 921Description
Wood-handled iron shears, tin-snip shaped cutters, square headed screw-bolt and square nut and washers connecting arms. The wood handle arm has protruding lug-shaped piece which hits on bottom arm, which has 5 inch long lower iron handle (probably used to cut flat metal of heavy gauges).Dimensions
Height
2 inWidth
6-1/2 inLength
25-1/2 inProvenance
Notes
GHS Catalogue: "Pair of old tin-smiths shears, used by tinker t__, in Germantown about 1800." Object donated by Mr. Farra, June 23, 1920.