Monocular opera glasses (Galilean type) with ivory covered gilded brass tube

Made:: 1850-1910 in Paris

maker:: Bautain

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Monocular opera glasses (Galilean type) with ivory covered gilded brass tube, marked bréveté (patented) by Bautain, Paris, France, 1850-1910.

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1921-822

Materials:: glass, brass (copper, zinc alloy) and ivory

Measurements:: overall: 110 mm 65 mm, .293kg

type:: opera glass, telescope - galilean and telescope - refracting

credit:: Court, Thomas Henry

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Monocular opera glasses (Galilean type) with ivory covered gilded brass tube

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