Antique Lewis Barnascone Buttonhole Scissors Sheffield, England Sewing, Quilting

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Antique Lewis Barnascone Buttonhole Scissors Sheffield, England Sewing, Quilting.
These scissors are in good condition
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For more information on Lewis Barnascone company:
The Barnascones were (Italian) Swiss Catholics, who apparently came to Sheffield in the early 19th century. According to Geoffrey Tweedale’s encyclopaedic ‘Directory of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers’, citing an earlier work, the Barnascone business was founded by Lewis in 1820. After Lewis died in 1849, aged only in his late 40’s, his nephew Quirico Barnascone adopted the name Lewis himself, being joined in business by his uncle Henry Barnascone, and later by his three sons, John, Lewis, and Charles.
In 1877, Quirico ‘Lewis’ Barnascone died suddenly, aged 62, with his widow dying 10 years later, aged 52. The Barnascone sons continued to run the Sheffield company, but in 1906, Lewis relinquished his share in order to concentrate on running the Barnascone’s Paris branch, which sold bicycles and cars. He died in Paris in 1925, having reached the grand old age of 73.
Sadly, in 1909 Charles fell from the cliffs at the English seaside resort of Blackpool, and was drowned. He was aged 55. His brother John, continued to run the business until after WW1, but it didn’t survive the 1930’s depression.
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