Antiques in Oxford has over forty years of experience in the antiques trade and we've been online for five years. We offer a personal service to clients, both those who wish to buy something special and to those who are looking for a valuation or considering selling. We can easily visit you in the South East. We have three retail outlets. Our stock is changing all the time. You will find new items of silver and jewellery every month. Do contact us for gift ideas. And don't be afraid to ask us what something of yours is worth. You just never know...
A pair of Victorian sacred heart silver handled scissors, William Comyns, London 1887. The handles in the shape of hearts that twist in one direction. Initially these were given to loved ones to protect them from evil spirits. In Georgian and Victorian times lovers gifted each other with witch’s hearts to symbolise that they had been ‘bewitched’. Steel blades, 15cm long
£485
Good overall, some wear
