17th-18th century AD. A pair of scissors designed for snuffing-out candles or trimming candle wick, with two articulate arms, one with a rectangular box, the other with a rectangular plate hoed in the box when the blades are brought together; curved handle shanks and oval-shaped thumb and finger rings; slender cylindrical legs to handles and one blade, so that the scissors can be rested on 'tripod' feet. See The Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, record id. DENO-132DFB, for similar. 53.8 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). European art market before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.