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opera glasses
OPERA GLASSES AND SPYGLASSES
opera glasses
Carpenter & Westley
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London
19th c.
brass; ivory; glass
eyepiece: 17 mm; objective: 48 mm; overall: 110 mm x 130 mm

Opera glasses. Specification 4?x45. Flared ivory and gilt copper/brass barrels, tubes and eyepieces. Two brass bridges at top and one at base, adjustable for pupillary distance. Stained ivory eyepiece surrounds and centrall-positioned milled edge focusing wheel.


2017.470

Gift of Mrs Nina Reid, 2017



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