Live Auction 19024The Collection of Mr. & Mrs. John H. Gutfreund 834 Fifth Avenue
A PAIR OF EMPIRE STEEL SCISSORS
Lot 121

A PAIR OF EMPIRE STEEL SCISSORS

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Closed27 January 2021

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE STEEL SCISSORS
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Housed in a gilt-tooled leather case in the form of a winged insect enclosing a pair of steel scissors, wrought with an eagle and coronet, signed ...GRES and EWRE
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) wide

By repute, Napoleon Bonaparte (according to dealer invoice.)
Acquired from Hansueli Fröhlich, St. Gallen, Switzerland, October 1988.