Objects
Finger-piece mount
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
pince-nez
American Optical Company; H. J. Redding & Co
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London W
Pre 1917
rolled gold; glass
lens: 31 mm x 40 mm
2017.781/2
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
pince-nez
American Optical Company; H. J. Redding & Co
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London W
Pre 1917
rolled gold; glass
lens: 31 mm x 40 mm
Pince-nez. 1/10th12 ct gold-filled finger-piece mount. Bare plaquets with engraved pattern. Rimless oval green-tinted prescription lenses, one lens with a drilled hole.
2017.781/2
Gift of Mr Rian Love/OATS/City University, 2015