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To Katherine:
Just a few thoughts; these scissors are quite dainty and therefore may
have been used in needlework or for cosmetic purposes by women. I can
understand someone making the connection with the ordnance mark that
appeared on prisoners' clothing and then making the link to imprisoned
suffragettes, but I wonder whether it is more likely to be merely a
decorative motif or link to another movement for which people were
imprisoned? Was there a suffragette with the initials "HC" who was
imprisoned and if so, could they have been scissors that she had
made/was given as a memento of the struggle? Could the Women's Library
in London or the Pankhurst Centre in Manchester advise on this? [Henry
Cowper and Henry Chawner both worked in London during the late
eighteenth century and marked their silver wares with this monogram, but
without a full stop between the letters]. You could also seek the
opinion of Dr Jill Liddington, Honorary Research Fellow at Leeds
University: [log in to unmask]
With best wishes
Jim Garretts, Keeper, the People's History Museum.
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> Does anyone know anything about the scissors in the photographs?
> They’ve been brought in for identification by someone who thinks the
> decoration of broad arrows on them might be significant and link them
> to the Suffragette movement. It would be nice to think they /were/
> that exciting but somehow I’m not convinced. Any opinions would be
> most welcome. Thanks very much,
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> Katherine
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