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astig frame
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
pince-nez
Europe: United Kingdom
Early 20th c.
rolled gold; glass

Astigmatic pince-nez. 1/10th 10 ct gold-filled frame with manufacturing marks on bar. Astig clip with telescopic bridge and wide p.d. Small loop handle to right rim. Swivelling plaquets, mounted to end of projecting bars that are soldered to the inner rims, missing their pads. PRO eye rims, orientated at an inwardly sloping angle, glazed with prescripton lenses. Left lens slighty chipped at upper, outer edge.


2018.400

Gift of Haine & Smith Opticians, 2018



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