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folding pince-nez & case
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
folding pince-nez
Urlaub, I
Europe: Russia
c.1900
gold; glass; leather
eye width: 39 mm; case: 54 x 104 mm

Pince-nez. 15ct gold frame. Spring bridge and plaquets with ribbed tortoiseshell pads. Fixing post. Small loop handle. Oval eyes. Glazed with bi-convex lenses. In brown leather slip case with tooled pattern and maker's stamp.


2004.174

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



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