Scissors Case (Etui)

c.1690 Overall: 8.6 x 4.5 cm (3 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.) Source image
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Attached to a belt loop, silver scissor cases were practical fashion accessories. Intricately designed and expensively produced, they demonstrated the wealth of a wearer. Cases like this one were often decorated with motifs of love and given as traditional wedding or engagemen...

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