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Patent pince-nez
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
pince-nez
Early 20th c.
plastic; rolled gold; card; thread
eye: 38 mm

Pince-nez. Gold-filled spring bridge with semi-transparent amber plastic pads featuring textured surface, vertically pinned to white plastic (imitation ivory?) round eye rims, unglazed. Left rim broken. Patent number engraved on underside of bridge. Together with original oval-shaped retailers card tag, attached by a length of red thread, bearing handwritten inscription.


2019.595

Gift of Mr Peter Booth FCOptom, 2018



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