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pince-nez
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
pince-nez
Early-mid 20th c.
metal; plastic
eye: 39 mm

Pince-nez. Yellow metal frame with narrow, bowed, semi-flexible arch bridge of coiled wire. Loosely fixed pink plastic pads with textured nasal surface. PRO eye rims, with engraved decoration, unglazed. Small polygonal loop handle attached to lower right rim. Small contemporary handwritten cardboard label attached by a length of purple thread.


2019.676

Gift of Mr Peter Booth FCOptom, 2018



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