ANCIENT SCISSORS.
A pair of scisosrs said to be 250 years old has been acquired by Guild-, hall Museum, London. The scissors were discovered behind some old panelling in the house known as Queen Elizabeth’s Lodge in Epping Forest. They were covered with rust, and when this was removed it was found that they had a mark stamped on each blade. This maker’s mark (writes a eorof the “ Newcastle Weekly Chronicle ” (consists of a heart above a monogram of the combined letters T and E, and a reference to the records of the Cutlers’ Company has established the fact that this heart was assigned as a trade mark to Thomas Elliott in 1673 or 1674. The scissors, therefore, belong to the time of Charles 11.
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Waipa Post, Volume 39, Issue 3088, 12 December 1929, Page 7
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125ANCIENT SCISSORS. Waipa Post, Volume 39, Issue 3088, 12 December 1929, Page 7
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