9th Oct, 2024 11:00

The Fine Collectors Sale

 
  Lot 2
 

A Group of Spectacles

including: a pair of Georgian silver spectacles, oval lenses, C-bridge with sliding temples; a pair of early 19th Century straight steel spectacles, with tinted oval lenses and short temples with loop ends, contained in a lacquered papier-mâché, frog-mouth case with inlaid decoration (some rusting to the frame) – 16.4cm. long; two pairs 19th Century steel wire spectacles, oval lenses, crank bridges one French, one blued-steel, with straight temples; a pair of late 19th Century straight gold plated wire spectacles, with ‘perfection’ spilt bifocal oval lenses, the temples with looped ends; a pair of early 20th Century gold plated wire spectacles, oval lenses, crank bridge and coil spring temples, stamped on the nose piece 1/10. 10K. RC, contained in black leather-covered frog-mouth case inscribed for WALTER BUSHNELL CO. / OPHTHALMIC OPTICIANS / CALCUTTA. SIMLA.LAHOR – 12.7cm. long; and a red leather-covered spectacle case

Estimate
£100 - £200
 

Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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including: a pair of Georgian silver spectacles, oval lenses, C-bridge with sliding temples; a pair of early 19th Century straight steel spectacles, with tinted oval lenses and short temples with loop ends, contained in a lacquered papier-mâché, frog-mouth case with inlaid decoration (some rusting to the frame) – 16.4cm. long; two pairs 19th Century steel wire spectacles, oval lenses, crank bridges one French, one blued-steel, with straight temples; a pair of late 19th Century straight gold plated wire spectacles, with ‘perfection’ spilt bifocal oval lenses, the temples with looped ends; a pair of early 20th Century gold plated wire spectacles, oval lenses, crank bridge and coil spring temples, stamped on the nose piece 1/10. 10K. RC, contained in black leather-covered frog-mouth case inscribed for WALTER BUSHNELL CO. / OPHTHALMIC OPTICIANS / CALCUTTA. SIMLA.LAHOR – 12.7cm. long; and a red leather-covered spectacle case

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Auction: The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024

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