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Eighteenth Century Folding Pocket Lens

Stock No

4907

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2015
  • £395.00
  • €461 Euro
  • $494 US Dollar

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Item Description

A fine and attractive eighteenth century folding pocket lens, two plates of polished tortoiseshell form the protective case with two reeded posts of silver coloured metal that terminate in a spreading leaf design folded over and fixed to the tortoiseshell. The fold out lens swivels on one post and is retained by a frame of reeded, silver coloured metal.
Probably Dutch, circa 1770.
2.5 inches in diameter.

 

Item Info

Seller

WALPOLES

Seller Location

London, London

Period

18th Century & Earlier

Item Location

United Kingdom

Seller Location

London, London

Item Location

United Kingdom

Seller Contact No

+44 (0)207 7275263

+44 (0)7831 561042

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