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folding eyeglasses
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
folding eyeglasses
Europe:
1830-1860
copper; gold; quartz
eye: 29 mm x 35 mm; handle: 43 mm

Lorgnette with copper rims, plated with gold (gold absent in grooves). Thick solid bridge hinged at both ends. Revolving ring handle on short decorative stem. Oval eye rims, glazed with quartz, bi-convex prescription lenses.


1999.4540

BOA Purchase, 1933



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