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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

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

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

Shell lorgnette

Uncommon octagonal spectacles with Ayscough folding sides

Shell lorgnette

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.