"Scissors In Case, Louis XIV Style, Second Half Of The 19th Century"
Scissors in caseSteel & gilded copper alloy
Louis XIV style
England? circa 1870
Total length: 19 cm
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Beautiful decorative register; coiled dolphin rings.
Very good condition of the gilded bronze; the steel is a little pitted (see photos).
The case has lost its inner sheathing, skin or felt (or has it never had one?).
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For examples from the Régence period, see plate 44 of Meissonnier's collection kept in the Louvre (L417 LR / 33 Recto) (last photo).
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