81.88

Shears, Sheep

1860 Approximate

Sheep Shears. Material: metal. Size: 3" W. x 11 1/2" L. Description: black painted steel; triangular shaped blades taper up into a spring loaded rounded metal top.

Note: See portrait file (Weckworth). Note with shears reads: "The shears were handmade in Germany, and used by Henrietta Weckworth to shear sheep on the farm at Waseca, MN in the late 1860's." Note: "Bernice Beesin, granddaughter of Henrietta Weckworth".