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spyglass
OPERA GLASSES AND SPYGLASSES
spyglass
Europe: France
Early 19th c.
gilt; enamel
overall (open): 90 x 47.5 mm

Five-draw spyglass with painted enamel barrel and gilt tubes. Barrel decoration features portraits of five French cultural figures: Moliere, Panard, Voltaire, Regnard, La Chaussée, Corneille.


1999.1501

BOA Purchase, 1935



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