Featured Seek to ID Antique Victorian? Scissors

These sheathed scissors came from my Norwegian great-grandmother who lived from 1866 to 1945 in Bergen. I would like to identify their provenance; I am guessing my great-grandmother acquired them between 1880-1900? They have no markings that I can discern. They still cut but the blades have become pitted; the sheath has some hairline cracks along the welding line on one side

Measurements:

scissors = 9.5 inches/24 cm long;
blades = about 6 inches/15.5 cms long;
sheath = 7 5/8 inches/19.5 cms;​

scissors in sheath = 11.25 inches/28.5 cms long.

 

under the ring grips...in the square columns ..... r those small marks..???

do they repeat on the reverse ?

they are lovely ! & the sheath is a work of art !!

 

A real stunner, Elle.
Since it is Norwegian it can't be Victorian, but rather 19th century. Victoria never reigned over Norway. I believe Norway was in a union with Sweden at the time, so it could have a specific Swedish-Norwegian period term.

That could very well be. It is Historicism/Historic Revival style, a mishmash of historic styles popular during the latter part of the 19th century. In this case Gothic and Renaissance.

I will tag our silver and Norway specialist @DragonflyWink for you.

 

Wonderful little dragons at the tip - you're fortunate to have such a beautiful heirloom. Personally, would think Norway likely for their origin, typical of their Dragestil design, but could also be another Scandinavian country, Germany also a possibility. The handles and sheath do look like they may be silver, and could be unmarked but I'd look again, sometimes marks are quite small and easily missed.

For clarity, provenance is the documented history of a specific piece, its ownership, whether receipts, inventories, estate records, appearance in family photographs, etc. Family histories aren't always accurate (sometimes they're just wrong), but would guess yours is probably true, with her likely acquisition of the scissors as an adult, and they might not have been new then.

Enameled Norwegian silver scissors and sheath by David Andersen, shown in 'Miller's/Gaussen's 'Sewing Accessories' (2001):





At far right, German bronze scissors and sheath, shown in Groves' 'The History of Needlework' (1966):




~Cheryl

 

They look like they could be...

 

you'd suspect a mark....... somewhere ???

 

Just where you suggested that the OP could check.