The Household Scissors gallery offers 16 illustrations of a variety of scissors styles, including highly ornamented examples of the Victorian era. See the Scissors and Shears gallery for a wider variety of shears used in industry and for special purposes.
At first scissors seem to have been small, awkward things, with straight blades and handles. Now they…
These scissors are made in the form of a coat of arms. It has a motto of the Cavendish family, a British…
Scissors are hand-operated cutting instruments. They consist of a pair of metal blades, or tangs, connected…
Scissors are hand operated cutting instruments. They consist of a pair of metal blades, or tangs, connected…
A cutting instrument consisting of two blades with a bevel edge, movable on a pin, used for cutting…
"An instrument for cropping the snuff of a candle, usually fitted with a close box to receive the burnt…