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optical fan OPERA GLASSES AND SPYGLASSES spyglass fan c.1810 horn overall: 26 x 216 x 158 mm
Horn cockade brisé fan. Handles have wide round ends. Sticks gilded and clouté with steel. Sunbeam edges. Single-draw spyglass in central pivot.
1999.898
BOA Purchase, 1937
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