Objects

Viewing Record 32 of 500
Previous Record  Next Record
Switch Views: Lightbox | Image List | List

'Oxford'-type patent pince-nez
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
pince-nez
Early-Mid 20th c.
rolled gold; xylonite
overall front: 52 mm x 110 mm

Pince-nez. 1/10-10 ct Gold-filled metal frame. Oxford bridge, set forward. Metal plaquets, one featuring plastic pad with textured surface. PRO eyes with brown and yellow mottled (imitation shell) xylonite rim covers. Unglazed. Oval suspension loop at lower edge of right rim.


2012.83

Gift of Dixeys of Horley, via Mrs Rosemary Hooker, 2012



Browse by