Button-hole scissors, Hancock, MA

Object ID:

1957.8529.1

Community:

Massachusetts, Hancock

Description

Steel buttonhole scissors with plier-like grip, spring-loaded handle, adjustable brass anvil with knurled brass knob on adjustment screw, and a steel cutter. Anvil calibrated to 1/16" and labeled, labels appear to read 1/8, 3/8, 3/4, 1, 1/4.

Massachusetts Hancock

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