Cream pearl lorgnette with silver decorated leather case
 Catalogue Number: 2548 Cream pearl lorgnette with silver decorated leather case Category: Spectacles and lenses Sub-Category: Lorgnette Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c1970 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Description Of Item: Small (100 x 25 mm) unglazed cream pearl lorgnette with short handle that pivots on a diamente decorated rivet to enable it to be folded behind the frame so it can be inserted in a small silver decorated leather open ended case (110 x 40 mm). It is contained in an optical wholesaler's travelling display case along with a number of other separately catalogued items. Also 2 more uncased lorgnettes of same design (cream pearl & brown stripe) labelled 2548 B & C. How Acquired: Donated by Colin Grahame, Melbourne optical wholesaler, ex the practice of Len Angior, Melbourne optometrist Date Acquired: Dec 2014 Condition: Lorgnette good, case fair Location: Archive Office. Cabinet One Drawer 4 |