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Pince-Nez
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
pince-nez
Butterworth, Frank
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Warwickshire, Birmingham
c.1920
gold; real tortoiseshell
DBL: 23 mm; eye: 39 mm; overall: 109 mm
2022.119
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
pince-nez
Butterworth, Frank
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Warwickshire, Birmingham
c.1920
gold; real tortoiseshell
DBL: 23 mm; eye: 39 mm; overall: 109 mm
Pince-nez. Combination light brown mottled real tortoiseshell and 9-carat gold frame. Metal spring clip and swivelling plaquets with ribbed tortoiseshell pads, the bridge attaching to the inner rims with a 'leaf' pattern. Round aperture eyerims, the left eye with slighly thickened outer edges to the right and the right eye with slighly thickened outer edges to both left and right, with small metal loop handle, unglazed.
2022.119
Gift of Mr Colin Butterworth, 2021