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Scissors and keys

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Scissors and keys
Sheffield
1862
1851-1899

Image from J. B. Waring, 'Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture at the International Exhibition, 1862' (Day and Son, 1863).

Scissors made by Thomas Wilkinson and Son, Sheffield. The from originally made the ‘VICTORIA@ scissors for the Great Exhibition, 1851.

On Wilkinson see G. Tweedale, Tweedale’s Directory of Sheffield Cutlery manufacturers 1740-2013 (end edition, 2018)

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