Catalogue Number: 4280 French gilt brass and porcelain opera glasses Category: Spectacles and lenses Sub-Category: Telescopes, binoculars, opera glasses Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c1880 Time Period: 19th C Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Paris, France Publisher/Manufacturer: Le Maire Description Of Item: French gilt brass and porcelain opera glasses, painted with rustic figures, flowers and musical instruments. Eyepieces marked 'LE MAIRE PARIS' with two small broad arrows. Size: 100mm W x 55mm H x 38mm D. How Acquired: Donated by Michael Aitken Date Acquired: July 2022 Condition: Good. Wear to gilding, fine cracks in porcelain Location: Archive Office. Cabinet One Drawer 4 |