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'Shur-On' rimless pince-nez
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
rimless pince-nez
Shuron Ltd
North America: USA
Mid 20th c.
rolled gold; glass; xylonite
eye: 38 mm x 41 mm; overall front: 40 mm x 107 mm

Pince-nez. Gold-filled finger-piece mount with bowed bridge. Plaquets with small tortoiseshell pads on upper sections and the lower section fenestrated. PRO eyes with brown and yellow mottled Xylonite rim covers, glazed with glass lenses, featuring a drilled hole in right lens.


2009.476

Gift of Mr John C. Adams, MCOptom, 2009



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