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astig frame
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
pince-nez
Europe: United Kingdom
1902
rolled gold; glass
eye: 29 mm x 37 mm; overall front: 92 mm

Astigmatic pince-nez, registered design 381218. 1/10th 10 ct gold-filled frame with manufacturing marks on bar. Astig clip with telescopic bridge. Small loop handle to right rim. Swivelling plaquets, mounted at a oblique angle to the inner rims, with leather pads. Oval eye rims, glazed with prescripton lenses. Right lens slighty chipped at left and right outer edges.


2018.597

Gift of Maggie Gilbert, 2018



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