A pretty pair of antique French opera glasses, the barrels clad in mother-of-pearl and mounted in gilt brass, with a knurled central focus wheel between them. The nacre shifts with soft cream and pink lights as it catches the light, and the gilt has the warm, mellow tone of age. Stamped Paris, in the tradition of the fine 19th-century Parisian makers who produced these little theatre glasses for the opera and concert hall.
Lovely styled resting on a stack of antique books, tucked onto a shelf among small treasures, set on a vanity or writing desk, or displayed in a cabinet of curiosities. A little object that earns its place wherever it lands.
Measurements: 3 1/4"w by 1 1/2"t
