This auction has ended. View lot details
You may also be interested in
Lot 193*
A Rare Silver-Mounted 'The Bircham Dagger Scissors'Retailed By Thornhill, London Silver Hallmarks For 1875, Maker's Mark Of Thomas Johnson
29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £540 inc. premium
Looking for a similar item?
Our Arms and Armour specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialistA Rare Silver-Mounted 'The Bircham Dagger Scissors'
Retailed By Thornhill, London Silver Hallmarks For 1875, Maker's Mark Of Thomas Johnson
Retailed By Thornhill, London Silver Hallmarks For 1875, Maker's Mark Of Thomas Johnson
With bright tapering blades of diamond section hinged together and acting against a spring mounted between the grips, one blade etched 'The Bircham Dagger Scissors' and stamped 'Thornhill' at the forte, the other with registered kite mark for October 1873 at the forte, hilt cast and chased overall with rocailles and foliage inhabited by birds, comprising flat tapering quillons with small spherical terminals, and waisted rounded grips en suite, in original silver scabbard applied with the name 'Evelyn' along the outside in elaborate foliate silver letters, and with locket and chape en suite with the hilt, the former with silver suspension ring
12.2 cm. blades
12.2 cm. blades








