specialty fashion & textile sales

3 pairs of English scissors: 1 pair w/ silver monogrammed sheath, c. 1790, 3.5" x 1.25", (tarnished), 1 pair w/ blue sheath, c. 1840, 4.25" x 1.75", (wear to scissors & sheath), 1 larger ornate pair, c. 1820s, 4.75" x 1.75", (wear throughout); 1 "Marvel Machine" for hand embroidery, New York, patented 1918, 1.5" x 1.25" x 8.5", (wear to box & instruction packet, scratches & tarnish to machine); 1 boxwood counting tool, labeled "London" & "B.B. Wells", 2" x 2" x 3.25", (shallow scratches & chips); 1 bone dressmaker's adjustable marking tool, 1.5" x 6" unopened, (scratches, discoloration); 1 bone glove stretcher, 0.25"-1.5" x 6.75", (scratches, discoloration) all fair- very good.
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