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Folding opera glasses
OPERA GLASSES AND SPYGLASSES
skeleton opera glasses
L.B.M.
Europe: France
20th c.
brass; mother-of-pearl
overall: 89 x 27 mm

Pair of folding Opera glasses. Gilt arm with mother of pearl eyepieces. Arm features extending slide action with marked scale 1-5. Engraved on the arm with a five-point star between the two large lenses. Fold-out handle with triple loop grip.


1999.1343

BOA Purchase, 1937



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