Grape Scissors
Grape Scissors
An image of the scissors with their blades closed.
Name/Title
Grape ScissorsEntry/Object ID
2025.2.341Tags
switzerland, scissors, grape scissors, tup, asymmetrical pointDescription
A pair of grape scissors with elongated tup shanks and blades designed to cut and hold a stem from a bunch of grapes. Popular in the 19th century, grape scissors were a utensil developed in response to table etiquette and prevented people touching grapes placed in the centre of the table with their hands. This pair have a clean and relatively simple design. Their are faint traces of a maker's mark (or possibly a company the scissors were manufactured for) above the words A GENÈVE.Category
Scissors, Grape Scissors