Case for Scissors

Name/Title

Case for Scissors

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.125

Description

Silver Filigree case, of floral and foliate design with a button at the pointed end, rectangular in section with the shorter side decorated with a plain and continuous thread of S shaped loops. A loop at the top and on either side of the case, below the lid, probably to take a thread so that they could be hung from the waist as was the fashion.

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Scissors

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

1675 - 1700

Time Period

17

Place

Country

England

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

None

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC125

Dimensions

Length

82 mm