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Earliest-type (Bautain Patent) Opera Glasses
OPERA GLASSES AND SPYGLASSES
opera glasses
Bautain
Europe: France, Paris
Early 19th c.
gilt; ivory
barrel: 32 mm; handle: 105 mm; objective: 28 mm

Pair of opera glasses. Gilt (?) straight cylindrical tubes and eyepieces. Ivory casing and handle. Inscribed on eyepieces.


1999.2565

BOA Purchase, 1936



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