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folding eyeglasses (pivot type)
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
folding eyeglasses
gold; glass
eye: 29 mm
1999.4514
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
folding eyeglasses
gold; glass
eye: 29 mm
Solid gold lorgnette. Folding bridge with central pivot/rivet. Facetted and engraved decoration on bridge halves. Rigid ring handle on short decorative stem with flange to retain in folded position and sliding ball spring release catch. Round eyes, glazed with bi-concave prescription lenses.
1999.4514
Gift of E.P. Brown, 1935