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Farley Patent Bar Spring Eyeglasses (astig frame)
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
pince-nez
American Optical Company
North America: USA
c.1898
steel; cork; glass
DBL: 20 mm; eye: 25 mm x 35 mm

Pince-nez with steel frame. Astig clip. Telescopic two-bar bridge with yellow metal spring. (One bar rides above the other). Small suspension ring. Offset guard plaquets with cork pads. Oval eyes. Glazed with replacement flat-form lenses.


1999.5151/2

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