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Dixey's Patent opera glasses
OPERA GLASSES AND SPYGLASSES
opera glasses
Dixey
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London
c.1856
tortoiseshell; brass/copper; glass
eyepiece: 15 mm; objective: 39 mm; overall: 70 mm x 110 mm x 47 mm
2017.469
OPERA GLASSES AND SPYGLASSES
opera glasses
Dixey
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London
c.1856
tortoiseshell; brass/copper; glass
eyepiece: 15 mm; objective: 39 mm; overall: 70 mm x 110 mm x 47 mm
Opera glasses. Specification 3x12. Gilded copper bell-shaped barrels with thin real tortoiseshell covering. Plain gilded copper draw tubes and dark shell focussing wheel with textured grip. Dark shell eyepiece surrounds. Inscribed on eyepiece bridge and with an incised monogram on one barrel.
2017.469
Gift of Mrs Nina Reid, 2017