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Antique German Scissors

German Sterling Silver Shears or Scissors for Grapes, Plants, Flowers
Located in New York, NY
German sterling silver and steel grape shears or scissors beautifully decorated, from the Victorian
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Late 19th Century German Victorian Antique German Scissors

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Sterling Silver, Steel

Embroidery Scissors, Iron, in the Shape of a Tower, Germany, 1840
Located in Milan, IT
Antique embroidery scissors. Made of cut iron, with a silhouette in the shape of a gothic tower
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Mid-19th Century German Antique German Scissors

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Iron

Christian Dell Wall-Mounted "Scissors" Lamp
By Kaiser Leuchten, Christian Dell
Located in New York, NY
Christian Dell for Kaiser & Co., model #6718. Wall-mounted lamp of polished nickel with extending gate-fold mechanism, with original bakelite switch. Measures: Width 35.5" (fully ex...
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1920s German Modern Antique German Scissors

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Metal

Friedr. Herder Solingen Knife Scissors and Shaving Razor Advertising Enamel Sign
By Friedrich Herder A. Sn Solingen
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
advertising sign. Never used, it was found on the original packaging. Perfect gloss. German made 1900-1915
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Antique German Scissors

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Metal

Sterling Silver Scissors to Cut the Stems of the Bunches of Grapes, USA, 1900
Located in Milan, IT
Vintage Sterling Silver Grape Shears/Scissors by Watson of Attleboro, MA. They were manufacturers
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Early 20th Century American Antique German Scissors

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Sterling Silver

Rare 6 Piece Writing Desk Set Erhard & Sohne Wood Inlay Brass Art Nouveau 1900
By Erhard & Söhne
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
including pen tray with inkwell, match, letter and notepad holder, cord dispenser with small scissors and a
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Early 1900s German Jugendstil Antique German Scissors

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Brass

Pair Signed Erhard Sohne Trinket Casket Box Casket Original Keys Brass Wood 1900
By Erhard & Söhne
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
floral leaf branch decoration, Germany circa 1900. The presented and chosen motifs reflect the spirit of
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Early 1900s German Jugendstil Antique German Scissors

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Brass

Very fine and large KPM porcelain plaque of The Three Fates
By KPM Porcelain
Located in London, GB
Very fine and large KPM porcelain plaque of The Three Fates German, c.1908 Frame: height 90cm
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Early 20th Century German Classical Greek Antique German Scissors

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Porcelain, Wood

Antique RW&S Wallace Sterling Silver Art Deco Vainty Dresser Grooming Set & Case
By R. Wallace & Sons Co.
Located in Dayton, OH
styling with floral motif. Includes mirror, brush, comb, scissors, file, button hook loop, buffing pad
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique German Scissors

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Sterling Silver

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Mahogany Wood Foundry Table Lamps - Pair - Vintage
By Artig
Located in New York City, NY
This beautiful Mahogany Foundry Lamp pair was created in 2024 by Artig Lighting using vintage Mahogany Foundry molds from the 1920s. -New brown woven UL-listed cords, plug -E26 full...
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique German Scissors

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Mahogany

French, 19th Century Iron Shoemakers Shop Sign
Located in Buisson, FR
Original riveted sheet iron shoemakers shop sign. Unique find, France, circa 1800-1850. Traces of red paint visible. Weathered.
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19th Century French Folk Art Antique German Scissors

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Iron

Antique French, 19th Century Iron Shoemakers Shop Sign
French, 19th Century Iron Shoemakers Shop Sign
H 15.75 in W 22.05 in D 0.79 in
Vintage Must de Cartier Silver Plated Vendome Crosshatch Cisele Ball Point Pen.
By Cartier
Located in High Wycombe, GB
One of the all time most beautiful and unique ball point pens by Cartier, the rare 80's version Vendome Crosshatch Cisele. The pen is a special in almost every way; the cross section...
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1980s French Art Deco Antique German Scissors

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Silver Plate

Park Sherman 1930 Art Deco Chromed Steel Roller Box With Red And Black Bakelite
By Park Sherman
Located in Miami, FL
Decorative roller desk box designed by Park Sherman. Very decorative desk box, created during the art deco period in America by the Park Sherman Company, back in the 1930. This roll...
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1930s American Art Deco Antique German Scissors

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Steel

Silver Art Nouveau Pair of Centrepieces Holders Bruckmann and Sons, Germany 1900
By Bruckmann & Söhne
Located in Vienna, AT
Silver German pair of centrepieces / centerpieces made by Bruckmann & Sons (Germany). Art Nouveau (made circa 1900) Silver 800 branded by German Crescent with Crown Manufactory...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique German Scissors

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Sterling Silver

French Art Deco Modernist Box, 1930s
By Studio Art Deco
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco mahogany box, France, 1930s. Modernism era. Mahogany and chrome. Very close to Desny works. Could be... Some scratches of age on the chrome (see photo).
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1930s French Art Deco Antique German Scissors

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Chrome

French Art Deco Modernist Box, 1930s
French Art Deco Modernist Box, 1930s
H 2.05 in W 10.24 in D 5.6 in
A Pair of High Quality Antique Japanese Cloisonne Silver Wire Enamel Vases with
Located in New York, NY
These exquisite antique Japanese Meiji period vases exhibit a captivating visual allure. Their grey ground serves as the backdrop for an enchanting tableau meticulously crafted with ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique German Scissors

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Enamel

Park Sherman 1930 Art Deco Chromed Steel Roller Lid Box With Red Bakelite
By Park Sherman
Located in Miami, FL
Decorative desk box designed by Park Sherman. Very decorative desk box, created during the art deco period in America by the Park Sherman Company, back in the 1930. This roller-lid ...
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1930s American Art Deco Antique German Scissors

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Steel, Chrome

EVANS 1940 Spitfire Pocket Lighter With Windshield Chromed Steel & Black Lacquer
By D. Evans & Co.
Located in Miami, FL
Spitfire pocket lighter designed by Evans. Rare automatic spitfire pocket lighter, created in America by the Evans Company, back in the 1940. This very handsome piece has been craft...
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1940s American Art Deco Antique German Scissors

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Steel, Chrome

Antique Levesley Brothers Sheffied England Silver Plate Celluloid Fish Serving S
By Levesley Brothers
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique English Levesley Bros silverplate fork and knife fish carving set featuring celluloid handles and velvet lined case. Levesley Bros was listed in 1862 as a cutlery manufactur...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique German Scissors

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Metal

Vintage Wooden Decorative Box with lid, Brown Jewellery Box
Located in Hampshire, GB
A handmade wooden jewellery box with a lid and lock, it is perfectly designed and created in a suitable size for keeping valuables inside. The top of this box has leaf patterns and l...
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1980s Turkish Art Deco Antique German Scissors

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Driftwood, Boxwood, Papercord

DUNHILL 1940 Service Petrol Pocket Lighter In Solid 925 Sterling Silver With Box
By Alfred Dunhill
Located in Miami, FL
A service lighter designed by Alfred Dunhill A beautiful military American service lighter, created by the subsidiaries of Alfred Dunhill in the United States during the WW-2, betwe...
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1940s American Art Deco Antique German Scissors

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Silver, Sterling Silver

Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Wireless Vase
Located in New York, NY
A high quality antique Japanese, late Meiji Era, copper and wireless enamel vase. A sphere shaped body is covered with a polychrome image of blossoming flowers made in the Cloisonne ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique German Scissors

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Copper, Enamel

Harrods of London Art Deco Sterling Silver and Enamel Spoon Set
By Harrods, Turner & Simpson Ltd
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A vintage boxed set of six sterling silver spoons with Art Deco multi-colored guilloche and champlevé enamel decoration from Turner & Simpson Silversmiths of Birmingham, England. The...
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Mid-20th Century British Art Deco Antique German Scissors

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Silver, Sterling Silver

Art deco box in coromandel.
Located in London, GB
Elegant and useful box in coromandel with nickel handle and fruitwood interior. This box would be useful as a desk accessory or equally a small jewellery box.
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1930s French Art Deco Antique German Scissors

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Wood

Art deco box in coromandel.
Art deco box in coromandel.
H 5.71 in W 5.12 in D 4.34 in
19th C Armadillo Mount in sitting position on wooden base
Located in Leuven , BE
Armadillos ("little armoured ones" in Spanish) are New World placental mammals characterized by a leathery armour shell and long, sharp claws for digging. They have short legs but ca...
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19th Century South American Antique German Scissors

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Organic Material

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German Etui, Gilt Copper with Bloodstone Sides, Partial Contents, circa 1750
Located in Geelong, Victoria
mounts, the interior with partial contents including folding knife, scissors, pencil, bodkin, aid-de
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1750s German Rococo Antique German Scissors

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Gold, Copper

Oil Painting After Hans Holbein, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
and textures. It is the most sumptuous of his series of portraits of mainly German merchants of the
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19th Century European Northern Renaissance Antique German Scissors

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Canvas, Giltwood

Leaf from the Statuto della Societa dei Sarti (Tailors Guild) illustrated
By Master of 1346
Located in New York, NY
the lower margin appear the guild's symbol (a pair of scissors) and the arms of the Angevin King in
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique German Scissors

Robert Klaas Fishing Knife, Solingen
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
when a German scissors maker from Soligen named Peter Daniels Pauls married Johanne Amalie Storsbeg
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Early 20th Century Antique German Scissors

Robert Klaas Fishing Knife, Solingen
Robert Klaas Fishing Knife, Solingen
H 9.06 in W 0.79 in D 0.6 in
Antique German Silver Wick Trimmers and Snuffer Tray, circa 1825
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of antique German silver wick trimmers and snuffer tray
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1820s German Antique German Scissors

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Silver

“The Toy Seller” (1874) Antique Oil Painting by Fritz Beinke (German, 1842-1907
Located in Shippensburg, PA
"THE TOY SELLER" (1874) BY FRITZ BEINKE (GERMAN, 1842-1907) Executed in oil on canvas; signed
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19th Century German Antique German Scissors

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

18th Century Continental Etui
Located in New Orleans, LA
small items such as sealing wax for letters, scissors, thimbles, bodkins and needles, cosmetics and even
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18th Century German Rococo Antique German Scissors

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Gilt Metal

18th Century Continental Etui
18th Century Continental Etui
W 0.69 in D 0.69 in L 4.75 in
Meissen Porcelain Figurine Tailor Riding on Goat by Kaendler Model 171
By Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
. Subject: Tailor Of Count Bruehl Riding On Goat The tailor riding on goat holds his scissors in raised
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1870s German Rococo Antique German Scissors

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Porcelain

Meissen Kaendler Figurine Tailor Riding on Goat Lovely Model 171, circa 1870
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
room. Oh, how everyone laughed! There he is with his scissors, etc., riding on a goat. - Moral of this
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1870s German Rococo Antique German Scissors

Materials

Porcelain

Meissen Kaendler Figurine Tailor Riding on Goat Lovely Model 171, circa 1870
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
middle of the room. Oh, how everyone laughed! There he is with his scissors,etc.,riding on a goat
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1870s German Rococo Antique German Scissors

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Porcelain

Meissen Tailor & Wife of Tailor on Goat Models 171 155 by Kaendler Eberlein 1860
By Johann Joachim Kaendler, Johann Friedrich Eberlein
Located in Vienna, AT
BRUEHL RIDING ON GOAT & WIFE OF TAILOR RIDING ON GOAT. The TAILOR riding on goat holds his scissors in
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1860s German Rococo Antique German Scissors

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Porcelain

Meissen Three Fates for Czarina Katharina the Great Model 33 Kaendler circa 1880
By Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
- the Greek God of Time - being situated behind her: Chronos seizes the scissors, pulling Atropos' hair
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1880s German Rococo Antique German Scissors

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Porcelain

Industrial Grey Enamel Wall Scissor Lamp from Siemens, 1930s
By Siemens
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This Siemens scissors lamp was manufactured in Germany during the 1930s. The lamp has a grey enamel
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Early 20th Century German Industrial Antique German Scissors

Materials

Enamel, Iron

Meissen Figurine Group by Kändler Tailor of Count Bruehl on a Goat, circa 1870
By Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
room. Oh, how everyone laughed! There he is with his scissors, etc., riding on a goat. Moral of
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1870s German Rococo Antique German Scissors

Materials

Porcelain

Industrial Grey Enamel Wall Scissor Lamp from Siemens, 1930s
By Siemens
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This Siemens scissors lamp was manufactured in Germany during the 1930s. The lamp has a grey enamel
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Early 20th Century German Industrial Antique German Scissors

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Iron, Enamel

Vintage Industrial Grey Enamel Wall Lamp from Siemens, 1930s
By Siemens
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This Siemens scissors lamp was manufactured in Germany during the 1930s. The lamp has a grey enamel
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Early 20th Century German Industrial Antique German Scissors

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Iron

1933 Christian Dell Scissor Work Lights
By Christian Dell
Located in Peekskill, NY
will swing side to side as well as up and down. The scissors can extend upto three foot. They have a
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Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Antique German Scissors

Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Scissors
By The Webster Co. 1
Located in Miami, FL
, leaves and vines. Within the design, "Sterling" is marked and Webster Co hallmark and Germany
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Late 19th Century German Art Nouveau Antique German Scissors

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Silver Plate, Sterling Silver

Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Scissors
Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Scissors
H 0.36 in W 6.5 in D 2.6 in
Antique German Silver Wick Trimmers and Snuffer Tray, circa 1825
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of antique German silver wick trimmers and snuffer tray
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1820s German Antique German Scissors

Materials

Silver

Industrial Grey Enamel Wall Scissor Lamp from Siemens, 1930s
By Siemens
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This Siemens scissors lamp was manufactured in Germany during the 1930s. The lamp has a grey enamel
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Early 20th Century German Industrial Antique German Scissors

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Enamel, Iron

Fine Erhard Sohne Dragonfly Bowl Tray Wood Inlay Brass Art Nouveau Tiffany Style
By Erhard & Söhne, Tiffany Studios
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
decoration, Germany circa 1900. The presented and chosen motif reminds of the gorgeous lampshades made by
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Early 1900s German Jugendstil Antique German Scissors

Materials

Brass

19th Century Folk Art Hand-Carved and Painted Wood Sewing Caddy with Bird Motif
Located in Cincinnati, OH
' sewing scissors manufactured in Solingen, Germany and imported by John S. Holler along with six spools of
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Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique German Scissors

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Wood

After Henri Matisse - Blue Nude
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
in art galleries. In 1908 Paul Cassirer, the German art dealer and editor who played a significant
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1920s Abstract Impressionist Antique German Scissors

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Lithograph

Henri Matisse - The Saint Michel Bridge - Original Etching
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, Matisse and other Fauves were able to exhibit in art galleries. In 1908 Paul Cassirer, the German art
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1920s Modern Antique German Scissors

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Etching

Vegetables
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, Matisse and other Fauves were able to exhibit in art galleries. In 1908 Paul Cassirer, the German art
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1920s Modern Antique German Scissors

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Lithograph

Vegetables
Vegetables
H 31.5 in W 23.63 in D 0.04 in
Helion Arnstadt Bauhaus Bakelite Wall Lamp
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The Helion is a scissors wall lamp from Arnstadt Germany. Period: Bauhaus. Bakelite shade Normal
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1920s German Bauhaus Antique German Scissors

Materials

Steel

Helion Arnstadt Bauhaus Bakelite Wall Lamp
Helion Arnstadt Bauhaus Bakelite Wall Lamp
H 9.85 in W 35.44 in D 9.85 in
“KIRTIE” Cutwork Picture
Located in Columbus, OH
the German and Swiss “Scherenschnitte”.) The art form saw a rise in popularity in the 18th and 19th
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19th Century American Antique German Scissors

Materials

Paper

“KIRTIE” Cutwork Picture
“KIRTIE” Cutwork Picture
H 14.75 in W 11.75 in
Meissen Letter Writer with a Little Pug, circa 1740-1741
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Weinheim, DE
scissors. The base and the stool are decorated with green leaves and flowers in yellow, purple and blue
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18th Century and Earlier German Rococo Antique German Scissors

Materials

Porcelain

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Antique German Scissors For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of antique German scissors for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique German scissors was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and brass. Antique German scissors have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of antique German scissors to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Art Nouveau, Victorian and industrial antique German scissors are of considerable interest. Erhard & Söhne, Friedrich Herder A. Sn Solingen and KPM Porcelain each produced beautiful antique German scissors that are worth considering.

How Much are Antique German Scissors?

Antique German scissors can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,143, while the lowest priced sells for $325 and the highest can go for as much as $68,131.