Scissors case, 17th century, French, Steel, Overall (confirmed): 3 × 2 1/8 × 3/16 in. (7.6 × 5.4 × 0.5 cm), Metalwork-Steel, Like another scissors case this object illustrates a rite of passage for women—in this case engagement and marriage. While this example does not include the more elaborate imagery and inscription, it is nonetheless representative of the modest, carefully designed objects that were part of everyday life in the seventeenth century
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