Steel ear spoon and tweezers

$65.00

1 in stock

Description

Steel ear spoon and tweezers. Item 4238.An awful lot of work and thought have gone into the making of this ear spoon and tweezers, and it would have come from a good quality sewing box or set. Being made of good steel it takes a little more effort to close the tweezers, so a stylized flower was placed near the end, on either side, to give a better grip. The centre of the flower is steel, and the “petals” are tiny copper studs. Similarly the stem of the ear spoon has been worked with a diamond pattern to give a better grip. The tweezers would have been used to pluck cut threads or pins from needlework without leaving marks from your fingers. The earspoon would have been used to extract wax from the ears, either as general hygiene, or to use the wax to coat thread so that it pulled smoothly through the fabric. This was important if the sewer was working on very fine materials like silk. The length of the piece is 72mm and it is in very good condition. It dates from the late 1700’s.

Steel ear spoon and tweezers
Steel ear spoon and tweezers
Steel ear spoon and tweezers
Steel ear spoon and tweezers