Post Medieval 'Thames' Iron Scissors and Shears Group

17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.

4 3/8 - 5 1/8 in. (45 grams total, 11.2-13 cm).

The scissors articulate with decorative moulding and columns of pricked dots on both sides of the lower body; shears with tapering blades with chamfered lower edges. [2, No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.

CONDITION

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LOT 1787