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Sewing Scissors

1832-1866

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Sewing Scissors

Sewing Scissors

Sewing Scissors

1832-1866

Physical Qualities Metal-alloy, 3 3/8 x 1 1/2 x 1/8 in. (8.6 x 3.8 x 0.3 cm)
Credit Line Gloria B. and Herbert M. Katzenberg Collection
Object Number 2015.144
Small pair of stork-shaped sewing scissors. Feet were once gilded, but little remains.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2015; Estate of Gloria Katzenberg, Baltimore

Inscribed: Marked: "4" on inside of each blade.

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