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'Lunette' opera glasses & case
OPERA GLASSES AND SPYGLASSES
opera glasses; opera glasses case
Bautain
Europe: France
19th c.
steel; ivory; glass; silk
overall: 40 x 23 mm
2017.467
OPERA GLASSES AND SPYGLASSES
opera glasses; opera glasses case
Bautain
Europe: France
19th c.
steel; ivory; glass; silk
overall: 40 x 23 mm
Pair of collapsible Opera glasses with telescopic tubes of pleated black silk (?), which extend along foldout racks. Steel eyepieces. Ivory handle and screw wheel. Together with a flat leather slip-type open-ended case.
2017.467
Gift of Mrs Nina Reid, 2017