Scissors
- Beer Can Koozies
- Beer Coasters
- Bookend Pair of Sculptures
- Bottles
- Candles
- Candlesticks
- Cell Phone Cases
- Champagne Muselet Caps
- Christmas Tree Light Cover
- Christmas Tree Ornaments
- Clocks
- Clothes Hooks
- Coasters
- Cookie Cutters
- Cookie Jars
- Doorstops
- Framed Digital Canvas Prints
- Framed Postage Stamps
- Gift Tags
- Hand-Held Fire Screens
- Hangers
- Jewelry Dishes
- Keychains
- Lamp Bases
- Light Switch Covers
- Magnetic Patches
- Mirrors
- Pill Boxes
- Pillows
- Pillow Covers
- Refrigerator Magnets
- Ring Boxes
- Ring Dishes
- Rugs
- Scissors
- Scrap Book Albums
- Silver Baskets
- Souvenir Bowls
- Sugar Cubes
- Sun Catchers
- Thimbles
- Toothbrushes
- Tote Bags
- Towels
- Trinket Boxes
- Trivets
- Wall Hangings
- Wallpaper
- Weathervanes
1900? Scissors with one serrated edge showing foxes straining upward for grapes on each handle. 5¾" long and 2" wide. $15.50 from Richard Smith, Jr., Oak Ridge, NJ, through Ebay, Sept., '00.
Am I correct in presuming that this is a grape scissors for cutting bunches of grapes from the larger bunch or vine? Is that silver plating that is tarnished? Click on the image to see it enlarged.
1910? Scissors with one serrated edge showing foxes straining upward for grapes on each handle. "Italy." 6" long and 2" wide. Unknown source.
This grapes scissors is a heavier version of the scissors above found earlier. There is a curious bent in the handle of the scissors. Both foxes and grapes are well detailed on both front and back. On closer inspection, this scissors seems to be the heavier, better defined original version of which the Smith scissors above is a less defined lighter copy. How fascinating!
1920? Raimond grapes scissors. 6.5" long. Silver plated? Unknown source.
Heavy and beautifully formed. The fox heads offer a further point of contact for the fingers of the person using the scissors. A similar Raimond version is on Ebay now for $130. The edge here is not serrated. The seller on Ebay comments that gentlemen do not touch food with their hands. Might one better say that one does not touch food that may come to others? It seems difficult to sit at table and to get grapes from the vine all the way to one's mouth without touching them.
end