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jealousy glass
OPERA GLASSES AND SPYGLASSES
jealousy glass
Boin-Taburet
Europe: France, Paris
Late 19th c.
brass; glass
overall: 87 x 25 mm
1999.1916
OPERA GLASSES AND SPYGLASSES
jealousy glass
Boin-Taburet
Europe: France, Paris
Late 19th c.
brass; glass
overall: 87 x 25 mm
Brass jealousy glass with incised line engraving its full length. Engraved medallion depicting a dog and a basket of food. Contains pill receptacle and a glass scent bottle with brass stopper. Probably late 19th c. (c.1880s?) in deliberate imitation of an earlier 'Louis Seize' style.
1999.1916
BOA Purchase, 1937