Miscellaneous - niederkornsilver

These are 200 year old, handmade silver handled scissors from the Netherlands. The steel blades are hand forged as are the silver handles. The handles and blades are slot mounted and riveted together with two brass rivets per handle. One of the steel blades is pointed and the other blade has a blunt end; both blades are the exact same length, as was the standard 200 years ago. The scissors still work and cut perfectly. A well-to-do person would have own these scissors originally, and the owner would have suspended them on their person on a chain or a ribbon by the handmade "S" hooks and thus protected the scissors being stolen or loss. The scissors are approximately 7 ½” inches long. The silver hallmarks indicate that they were made in 1815 and of 833 silver. All of the piercing and decorative details were done by hand. The each handle forged from silver ― not cast or stamped. The scissors have not been buffed and monogrammed.

This Deco era cologne bottle has alternating frosted and clear panels around its sides; each frosted panel is hand painted with an abstract design in black and red glass enamels. The stopper, which is faceted with panels also has an abstract design painted in black and red glass enamels. For an item that is delicate, the enamel is in remarkable good condition. The plug end of the stopper has two chips, and the bottle has one chip below a panel and there is some scuffing on the bottom. The cologne bottle stands about 4 ¼ “ high and is about 4 ½ “ in diameter.

This sterling silver Art Nouveau match safe was manufactured by Unger Bros of Newark, New Jersey circa 1900. The undulating contoured match safe features a nude woman, with bat wings and bat ears, picking her way through a smokey backdrop. The top of the match safe has a strong hinge. When the top is open the flange attached to the match container reveals the match safes marks: Unger Bros interlinked “U” and “B” before “STERLING 925 FINE”. The “Batgirl” match safe measures about 2 5/16” inches high by 1 ½” inches wide, by ½” inches thick. This match safe is in very good antique condition.