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CIRCA 1730, PROBABLY NAPLES
Details
AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED DARK TORTOISESHELL MAGNIFYING-GLASS
Circa 1730, probably Naples
The shaped circular case with trefoil ends piqu pos and piqu point in gold on both sides with shells, foliate scrolls and scalework, the frame to the glass piqu with scrolls and foliage
Length closed 3.3/8 in. (8.5 cm.)
Length open 5 in. (14 cm.)
Circa 1730, probably Naples
The shaped circular case with trefoil ends piqu pos and piqu point in gold on both sides with shells, foliate scrolls and scalework, the frame to the glass piqu with scrolls and foliage
Length closed 3.3/8 in. (8.5 cm.)
Length open 5 in. (14 cm.)
Provenance
Rothschild inv. no. AR3114.
Literature
1905 Theresianumgasse Inventory, p. 202, no. 1005.
1934 Theresianumgasse Inventory, p. 160, no. 5.
1934 Theresianumgasse Inventory, p. 160, no. 5.
Exhibited
Vienna, Oesterreichisches Museum fr Angewandte Knst, inv. no. 30.263.