Scissors
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0686.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Wiss
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- silver metal [steel? nickel-plate ?]
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.9 cm
- Width
- 5.3 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Wiss
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Possibly used c.1900+
- Canada
-
Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "WISS + U.S.A." stamped into underside of scissor arm. UHN catalogue no. "975.3.74" printed by hand in black ink, also on underside of arm. "66" [or "99"] and "33" stamped into inner flat portion of scissor blade, near screw attachment point.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Silver metal scissors (possibly steel, nickel-plate).
- Decoration
- N/A
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Wiss, Scissors, circa 1900, Artifact no. 2002.0686, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0686.001/
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