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opera glasses
OPERA GLASSES AND SPYGLASSES
opera glasses
Lemaire; W. Lawley & Son, Opticians
Europe: France; Europe: United Kingdom
19th c.
brass; mother-of-pearl; enamel
overall: 65 x 23 mm

Pair of Opera glasses in highly ornate casing. Brass tubes with mother of pearl eyepieces and screw. Enamel casing decorated with rustic scenes; on each tube a shepherdess and her lover (two couples). Bee engraving on central brass bridge. French-made for the English market.


1999.1334

BOA Purchase, 1936



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