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A pair of gilt-brass and ivory lorgnette opera glasses,
embossed on the eyepiece surrounds PAR INVENTION ET PERFECTIONNEMENT, the body-tubes with engined-turned ivory decoration and embossed and moulded gilt-metal bands of roses and flowers, the adjusting mechanism with acanthus leaf and neo-classical decoration, with ivory handle -- 5in. (12.7cm.) wide overall; and a rare pair of late 19th-Century mother-of-pearl-mounted aluminium opera glasses, signed on the eyepiece surrounds L. ALBINI & C. MILANO, the body-tubes of octagonal section with bands decorated in the bright-cut manner
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embossed on the eyepiece surrounds PAR INVENTION ET PERFECTIONNEMENT, the body-tubes with engined-turned ivory decoration and embossed and moulded gilt-metal bands of roses and flowers, the adjusting mechanism with acanthus leaf and neo-classical decoration, with ivory handle -- 5in. (12.7cm.) wide overall; and a rare pair of late 19th-Century mother-of-pearl-mounted aluminium opera glasses, signed on the eyepiece surrounds L. ALBINI & C. MILANO, the body-tubes of octagonal section with bands decorated in the bright-cut manner
See Colour Plate (2)