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purse opera glasses
OPERA GLASSES AND SPYGLASSES
purse opera glasses
Reine, La
Europe: France, Paris
Late 19th c.
silver
overall: 67 x 23 mm

Pair of collapsible opera glasses fitted inside a silver evening purse. Silver chain. Spring fastener with red jewelled garnet button. Purse exterior engraved with leaf pattern, two winged griffins holding a shield and a monogram.


1999.1466

BOA Purchase, 1938



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