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Welcome to our Gallery of images of member’s own items

Simply send an image to antiques@oaicc.com with a short description to showcase your collection

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Hand painted enammelled spectacles case, French
Cloisonné decorated silver gilt spectacles case, possibly Russian
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Shagreen case
Portrait miniature on ivory of the Gerard Dou\'s mother, Marytje Jansdr van Rosenburg, winding yarn, wearing a pair of nose spectacles. From the 17c painting The Winder by Gerard Dou (Gerit Douw)
Shell folding opera lorgnette
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Kit Kat Sunglasses
Lens Frame Measuring and Expanding Device patented by John R Van Tassel of Geneva, NY
Four lens double ended Georgian pressed shell cased magnifier, reeded silver rims
Frame with triple folding sides
F T Rogers, of Providence, Rhode Island, trial frame. c1910
Lover\'s Eye
Lover\'s Eye
Norwegian Silver X-bridge frame in carved wooden case
Chatelaines in silver and shell
American Lorgnettes
Group of magnifiers
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Rare wooden model eye c1910
Rare Scissor Spectacles with sliding mechanism to open. Bespoke Shagreen flip top case
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Iron flip-top case engraved with Masonic symbols, 1726
Banjo case
Steel spectacles with Ayscough sides and unusual bridge
Cruise\'s Colour Scotometer
Martin\'s margins type spectacles
Real shell lorgnettes
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Uncommon octagonal spectacles with Ayscough folding sides
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Early group
Moose hair case late 1800s
Bone and brass case, Anglo-Indian / Tibetan?, with hinges designed to look like owls, circa 1900
Carved shell case, possibly Indian
Beaded case made by Sioux or Navajo during the American centennial for tourists
Litho printed eye drop tin
Enamelled aluminium case for American Z-folding Oxford
Gold Imperial frame from Butterworths of Birmingham
American Z-folding Oxford, designed to avoid the breakage of the sprung bridge used with other folding pince nez
Ale inspired by a reason given for breaching lockdown regulations
Spectacles with integral hearing aid in sides
Eyebaths, wooden one marked 5S
Folding lorgnette
Safety goggles patented by WA Quinn in 1940, cobalt blue lenses
German opera glasses c1885
Acetate colour samples as cocktail sticks by L.A.Eyeworks
Book on Safilo
Small Coddington ivory magnifier with turned handle
Folding Ophthamoscope/retinoscope
Spectacles by Anglo American eyewear
Lens measure for converting curved lens surface into diopter power
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Lego Lady with Opera Glasses, and Test Chart
Revluc patented Pince-nez, manufactured by Culver Optical
Fits-U pince-nez glazed R+L +1.50DS - alternative to the MIKROS style
Photopostcard from Norville Collection
Anti-glare driving goggles with sliding plano blue tinted lenses adjustable for when driving either on the left or right.

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