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folding magnifier / reading glass
MAGNIFIERS AND QUIZZING GLASSES
folding magnifier
Late 18th / early 19th c.
silver; mother-of-pearl
overall: 83 x 11 mm

Magnifier/reading glass. Silver frame. Grooved decoration. Four metal clasps. Mother-of-Pearl handle engraved on one side with a deer-hunting scene and on the other side with a man playing a musical instrument whilst his female companion is spinning. Hinged at handle. Oval lens.


1999.3806

BOA Purchase, 1935



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