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pince-nez sun spectacles
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
folding pince-nez
Late 19th c.
steel; glass
eye width: 38 mm

Folding pince-nez. One-piece steel spring bridge and sprung plaquets with full-length tortoiseshell pad on right plaquet. Steel eye rims, roughly screwed, with fixing post and fenestrated heart-shaped handle and suspension ring. Oval eyes. Glazed with dark grey-tinted lenses.


2002.612

Anonymous gift, 2002



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