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Early skeleton opera glasses
OPERA GLASSES AND SPYGLASSES
opera glasses
Europe: France
c.1830
tortoiseshell
overall: 75 x 44 mm

Pair of early folding Opera glasses. Real tortoiseshell with four folding lenses two of which are particularly wide. Small lenses have margins. Carved decoration on handle.


1999.1342

BOA Purchase, 1935



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