Handle and case decorated with Gothic motifs: trefoil, quatrefoil, a keel arch and bosses.
scissors
brass (alloy)
steel (alloy)
quatrefoils
trefoils (geometric motifs)
Brass
Steel
Gothic Revival
Trefoil
Quatrefoil
SCISSORS
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
Germany
2.375 (W) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.889AB
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