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Auction archive: Lot number 39

A PAIR OF GILT-BRASS AND IVORY FIELD GLASSES

Auction 28.05.1998
28 May 1998
Estimate
£350 - £450
ca. US$573 - US$737
Price realised:
£414
ca. US$678
Auction archive: Lot number 39

A PAIR OF GILT-BRASS AND IVORY FIELD GLASSES

Auction 28.05.1998
28 May 1998
Estimate
£350 - £450
ca. US$573 - US$737
Price realised:
£414
ca. US$678
Beschreibung:

A PAIR OF GILT-BRASS AND IVORY FIELD GLASSES, UNSIGNED, WITH 2-INCH DIA. LENSES, 5IN. (12.7CM.) LONG CLOSED , IN THE ORIGINAL PLUSH-LINED LEATHER CARRYING CASE (CASE DEFECTIVE, GLASSES WITH CRACKS TO IVORY) ; AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND GILT-METAL OPERA GLASSES, WITH RECTANGULAR SECTION OBJECT LENSES, UNSIGNED ; A PAIR OF GILT-BRASS AND TORTOISESHELL-MOUNTED OPERA GLASSES, THE EYEPIECE SURROUNDS EMBOSSED LUNETTE PAR INVENTION ET PERFECTIONNEMENT , THE BODY-TUBES WITH BRIGHT-CUT DECORATED BANDS; A TWO-DRAW GILT-BRASS 1¼-INCH MONOCULAR, UNSIGNED, THE EYEPIECE SURROUND EMBOSSED PAR BREVETE D INVENTION ET DE PERFECTIONEMENT , WITH STEPPED MOTHER-OF-PEARL-MOUNTED POLYGONAL CROSS-SECTION OUTER BODY-TUBE -- 3½IN. (9CM.) LONG EXTENDED ; A PAIR OF GILT-BRASS AND ENAMEL MINIATURE OPERA GLASSES, SIGNED ON THE MOTHER-OF-PEARL EYEPIECE SURROUNDS SANTI OPTIQUE 3. RUE ST FERREOL MARSEILLE ; AND A PAIR OF GILT-BRASS AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL LORGNETTE OPERA GLASSES, EMBOSSED ON THE EYEPIECE SURROUNDS BRAND FRES INGENIEURS OPTICIENS A BRUXELLES , THE BARREL-SHAPED OUTER BODY-TUBES WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL MOUNTS, THE ADJUSTER WITH ACANTHUS LEAF DECORATION -- 4.3/8IN. (11.1CM.) WIDE OVERALL (6)

Auction archive: Lot number 39
Auction:
Datum:
28 May 1998
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

A PAIR OF GILT-BRASS AND IVORY FIELD GLASSES, UNSIGNED, WITH 2-INCH DIA. LENSES, 5IN. (12.7CM.) LONG CLOSED , IN THE ORIGINAL PLUSH-LINED LEATHER CARRYING CASE (CASE DEFECTIVE, GLASSES WITH CRACKS TO IVORY) ; AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND GILT-METAL OPERA GLASSES, WITH RECTANGULAR SECTION OBJECT LENSES, UNSIGNED ; A PAIR OF GILT-BRASS AND TORTOISESHELL-MOUNTED OPERA GLASSES, THE EYEPIECE SURROUNDS EMBOSSED LUNETTE PAR INVENTION ET PERFECTIONNEMENT , THE BODY-TUBES WITH BRIGHT-CUT DECORATED BANDS; A TWO-DRAW GILT-BRASS 1¼-INCH MONOCULAR, UNSIGNED, THE EYEPIECE SURROUND EMBOSSED PAR BREVETE D INVENTION ET DE PERFECTIONEMENT , WITH STEPPED MOTHER-OF-PEARL-MOUNTED POLYGONAL CROSS-SECTION OUTER BODY-TUBE -- 3½IN. (9CM.) LONG EXTENDED ; A PAIR OF GILT-BRASS AND ENAMEL MINIATURE OPERA GLASSES, SIGNED ON THE MOTHER-OF-PEARL EYEPIECE SURROUNDS SANTI OPTIQUE 3. RUE ST FERREOL MARSEILLE ; AND A PAIR OF GILT-BRASS AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL LORGNETTE OPERA GLASSES, EMBOSSED ON THE EYEPIECE SURROUNDS BRAND FRES INGENIEURS OPTICIENS A BRUXELLES , THE BARREL-SHAPED OUTER BODY-TUBES WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL MOUNTS, THE ADJUSTER WITH ACANTHUS LEAF DECORATION -- 4.3/8IN. (11.1CM.) WIDE OVERALL (6)

Auction archive: Lot number 39
Auction:
Datum:
28 May 1998
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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