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Concept

Scissors and shears

Images

  • A shearman removing the nap from rough woven cloth, watched by another man from a window. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A man reads a book while his wife cuts his toenails. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.
  • A pedlar with his tray of wares holds up a pair of scissors. Line engraving after M. Laroon, 1711.
  • A knife-grinder sharpening a blade on a grinding wheel as a customer arrives with a plane to be sharpened. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • The muscles of the arm and palm of the hand and geometrical diagrams of the tendons and fibres of different muscles. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
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Catalogue

    • Ephemera

    Bought of H. Webster, surgeons' instrument maker and cutler : manufacturer of table knives, razors, scissors, pen knives &c. : 261, High Holborn : NB. all sorts of cutlery ground & repaired daily.

    Webster, H. | Date: Between 1800 and 1899
    • Books
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    Specification of Frederick Weiss : forceps, scissors, and other cutting instruments.

    Weis, Frederick. | Date: 1857
    • Ephemera

    Splendid show rooms at the King's Cutlery manufactory and Sheffield Plate Warehouse / Joseph Rodgers and Sons.

    Joseph Rodgers & Sons. | Date: [1828?]
    • Ephemera

    John Cargill, instrument maker, at ye Saw & Crown in Lombard Street, London : makes & sells all sorts of surgeons instruments, razors, scizers, penknives, caseknives, carving knives, cuttoes, &c. : at reasonable rates.

    Cargill, John. | Date: 1739
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    A shearman removing the nap from rough woven cloth, watched by another man from a window. Woodcut by J. Amman.

    Amman, Jost, 1539-1591. | Date: [1568] | Reference: 34907i
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