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quizzing glass
MAGNIFIERS AND QUIZZING GLASSES
quizzing glass
19th c.
rolled gold
overall: 104 mm

Folding quizzing glass. Gold-filled frame and diamond-shaped pinchbeck case. Case features openwork decoration and black oval panels. (Identical seals depicting a hunter (?) and child). Ring on end of handle. Rectangular lens.


1999.1942

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