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folding pince-nez & case
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
folding pince-nez
Milk, T
Europe: Russia
c.1900
gold; glass; leather
eye width: 40 mm; case: 65 x 115 mm

Pince-nez. 15ct gold frame. Spring bridge and plaquets with ribbed tortoiseshell pads. Fixing post. Small loop handle. Oval eyes. Glazed with smoke-tinted lenses. In green leather slip case with red stitching, tooled pattern, maker's inscription and the Tsarist arms.


2004.176

Ex Hugh Orr Collection (gift of Miss Kusoom Vadgama FCOptom, 2003)



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