Objects
Finger-piece mount
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
pince-nez
F. A. Bateman Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Kent, Sittingbourne
1930s
rolled gold; tortoiseshell; glass
eye: 36 mm
2017.758
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
pince-nez
F. A. Bateman Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Kent, Sittingbourne
1930s
rolled gold; tortoiseshell; glass
eye: 36 mm
Pince-nez. 1/10th10 ct gold-filled finger-piece mount. Small dark brown tortoiseshell pads on plaquets. Amber-brown mottled tortoiseshell (or celluloid) round eye rims, glazed with prescription lenses, one lens with a drilled hole.
2017.758
Gift of Mrs Susan Thompson, née Bateman, 2017