Re: [lace] Pretty object, but what is it?
Hi Jacquie, and everyone else who responded to this... I took my treasure to guild last night, and one of the members immediately recognized them as grape scissors. I've just googled grape scissors, and the results I found were very similar to what I have. Apparently, they were designed as an ornament for the cheese and fruit tray, and all are striking in appearance (as least, the antique ones are...). And judging from the prices I saw, I got quite a bargain. Thanks for your help, Jacquie! Clay laceandb...@aol.com wrote: Clay, I think these may be grape scissors. A friend has something very similar, but larger. Why they are shaped like this I don't know, but I'm sure someone will tell us. Jacquie in Lincolnshire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Pretty object, but what is it?
Clay, I think these may be grape scissors. A friend has something very similar, but larger. Why they are shaped like this I don't know, but I'm sure someone will tell us. Jacquie in Lincolnshire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Pretty object, but what is it?
After looking at that pretty object, I went through a book for scissors collectors: 'La folie des Ciseaux' by Frederique Crestin- Billet and the closest I found p. 58 is in silver and has two fancy lions around the handles. It says the blades are of steel. I cannot say what they were used for but are beautiful. Thanks for the pictures, Clay. And to speak about lace, I just began a Binche pattern by Kumiko Nakazaki: Campanula from Collection 1 with egyptian cotton 140/2. Nicole in Quebec - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Pretty object, but what is it?
Clay, Oh my, lovely!! What a wonderful find!! How long are they? Su On Aug 24, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Clay Blackwell wrote: I have just uploaded a couple of picture to my folder on the Arachne2003 webshots. Tiny Url is *http://tinyurl.com/nwetd4*** http://tiny.cc/8CFvC While out running errands this morning, I spotted a pretty, ornate pair of very old scissors. They are marked 800 (coin silver as opposed to sterling), and show what's left of some engraving on the blades. But... once I actually started looking at them, I suspected that they are not scissors at all! The back blade, (referred to that way because when you look at that side, you're looking at the back of the two human figures), is solid across the whole blade portion of the implement. On the *front*, the blade is just half as wide, and neatly fits into a recession of the back blade. If you look at the first picture I've posted, you can see this (barely). Neither of the blades is sharp, and they don't appear to ever have been sharpened. So my question is, what are they? I remember that when I took Honiton, we were encouraged to have a pair of dull scissors to help us with the handling of the threads (to make a swift bundle of the loose ends when starting a piece). Looking at this thing, I'm wondering if it were designed for just such a purpose. Does anyone out there know what I've found?? Clay - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
